Hot Swapping Disk Drives - Adaptec 5325302057 User Manual

Hot Swapping Disk Drives

Identifying Which Fan has Failed
If the fan icon shows a failed
fan, you can determine which
fan failed by selecting the
affected server in the
Enterprise View, then
double-clicking the
Enclosure Management
Device icon to open the
Properties window for the
server. Click the
then scroll through the list of
enclosure components. A
yellow or red exclamation point will appear next to the problem component.
Hot Swapping Disk Drives
The term hot swap refers to the ability to remove and add components to a system
without the need to turn off the server or interrupt client access.
Do not hot swap a disk drive that is part of a pool, volume, or logical
Caution
device. You may lose data and pool configuration information if you do.
You can hot swap disk drives on a Snap Server 700i Series or SANbloc S50 RAID 1,
5, 6, 10, 50, 60, or 1E by following the basic steps outlined next:
Remove the front bezel by pressing in the latches on each side of the bezel and
1
pulling the bezel away from the chassis (700i Series only).
On the closed handle of the failed disk drive, press the button in and to the left to
2
release the latch.
Open the handle and pull to remove the drive from the chassis.
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