Preparing To Remove A Disk Drive Or Solid-State Drive - IBM 8202-E4B Manual

Note: Some of the figures in these procedures might not look exactly like the system or expansion unit
that you have. However, the steps to complete the task are the same.
Complete the following tasks to remove a drive:
v "Preparing to remove a disk drive or solid-state drive"
v "Preparing to remove the disk drive or solid-state drive by using the iprconfig command"
v Select from the following options:
– "Removing the disk drive or solid-state drive from the 8202-E4B, 8202-E4C, 8202-E4D, 8205-E6B,
8205-E6C, or 8205-E6D system or expansion unit" on page 43
– "Removing a solid-state drive from the 5888 PCIe storage enclosure" on page 44 (This drive
enclosure is supported for the 8202-E4C and 8205-E6C systems.)
– "Removing a solid-state drive from the EDR1 PCIe storage enclosure" on page 45 (This drive
enclosure is supported for the 8202-E4D and 8205-E6D systems.)
Related information:
Removing and replacing a disk drive in the 5887 disk drive enclosure unit

Preparing to remove a disk drive or solid-state drive

Complete the following steps before removing a disk drive or solid-state drive from a system or from an
expansion unit:
1. Complete the prerequisite tasks. For instructions, see "Before you begin" on page 137.
2. If applicable, remove the system unit door or expansion unit door or open the rack front door.
Proceed to the procedure for removing the disk drive or solid-state drive by using the iprconfig
command.
Preparing to remove the disk drive or solid-state drive by using the iprconfig
command
Complete the following steps to remove a disk drive or solid-state drive from a system or from an
expansion unit by using the iprconfig command:
1. Log in as root user.
2. Type iprconfig on the command line of the Linux session and press Enter.
The IBM Power RAID Configuration Utility display is shown.
3. Select Analyze log. Press Enter. The Kernel Messages Log display is shown.
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Disk drives or solid-state drives