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2. Determine whether the storage drive can be hot-plugged or cold-plugged.
The following conditions might prevent you from hot-plugging a drive. You must
power off the server, if the storage drive:
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3. Do one of the following:
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TABLE 3-2
HBA Controller Type
For Sun Storage
For LSI MegaRAID
Storage Manager (MSM)
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4. On the drive you plan to remove, push the storage drive release button to open
the latch (
5. Grasp the latch [2] and pull the drive out of the drive slot [3].
Caution – The latch is not an ejector. Do not bend it too far to the right. Doing so can
damage the latch.
Caution – Whenever you remove a storage drive, you should replace it with another
storage drive or a filler panel before you power on the server; otherwise the server
might overheat due to improper airflow.
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Contains the operating system, and the operating system is not mirrored on
another drive.
Cannot be logically isolated from the online operations of the server.
To hot-plug a drive, unconfigure the storage drive, as required.
You must take the drive offline before you can safely remove it. This removes
the logical software links to the drive and prevents any applications from
accessing it. For information on how to take a storage drive offline, see
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TABLE 3-2
Storage Drive Removal Configuration Information
Refer to...
• LSI MegaRAID SAS Software User's Guide located at:
Note - Open the book PDF file and search on "drive offline."
• Sun LSI 106x RAID User's Guide (820-4933).
Note - Open the book PDF file and search on "drive offline."
To cold-plug a drive, power off the server.
You must power off the server before you can safely remove the storage drive.
Complete one of the procedures described in
Server" on page 2-4.
[1]).
FIGURE 3-5
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Section 2.4.2, "Power Off the