Hot-Swap Drive Replacement; Remove A Hot-Swap Drive - Lenovo ThinkAgile HX1521-R User Manual

Hot-swap drive replacement

Follow these instructions to replace a front HDD/SSD in the ThinkAgile HX 1521-R, HX3521-G, HX5521,
HX5521-C, HX7521 Certified Node server.
Each ThinkAgile HX 1521-R, HX3521-G, HX5521, HX5521-C, HX7521 Certified Node appliance supports
solid-state-drives (SSDs) and hard-disk-drives (HDDs).
As user data are striped across these drives, they are referred to as data drives. While a node might be able
to self-correct for a data drive failure, it does lead to system degradation. To prevent this, always replace
failed data drives as soon as possible.
Following are the indications of a failed front HDD/SSD:
• The Prism Web Client shows a disk alert.
• The yellow status LED on the node front panel is illuminated.

Remove a hot-swap drive

Use this information to remove a hot-swap drive.
"Read the
installation
Guidelines" on
page 41
Attention: To ensure that there is adequate system cooling, do not operate the server for more than two
minutes without either a drive or a drive filler installed in each bay.
To remove a hot-swap drive, complete the following steps:
Step 1. To identify and prepare to replace a failed drive, use the procedure
Hardware Replacement Documentation.
Step 2. Remove the hot-swap drive
a. Slide the release latch to open the drive tray handle.
"ATTENTION:
Static Sensitive Device
Ground package before opening"
on page 43
Chapter 8
in the Nutanix
Data Drive Failure
.
Hardware replacement procedures
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