Replacing A Hard Disk Drive During Operation - Toshiba Magnia Z300 User Manual

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Installing and Removing Hardware
Hard Disk Drive (HDD) –IDE HDD–
9 Connect the power cable of the server to the power supply, and
switch on the server.
NOTE: The setting of an operating system (OS) or application
software may have to be changed after adding or removing a
hard disk drive.

Replacing a hard disk drive during operation

If the server uses IDE RAID for redundancy, the operation is con-
tinued by a spare device without stopping the system even if one of
the hard disk drives that configure a disk array fails.(Downgraded
operation)
NOTE: The installation and replacement of a hard disk drive
requires special technology and knowledge. Toshiba recom-
mends that you ask your authorized MAGNIA service pro-
vider to replace the hard disk drive.
Especially, pay careful attention when replacing the hard disk
drive while the system is in operation.
An error in the replacement procedure may damage the
server or destroy and lose important programs or data.
Read "Before starting operation" on page 48 before replacing a
hard disk drive while the system is in operation. To replace it pro-
ceed as follows:
NOTE: When hard disk drive is not replaced during system
operation, confirm a faulty disk using the STS indicator of
each drive before switching off the system power, and switch
off the power for replacement.
1 Remove the front panel.