Removing A Disk Drive Or Solid-State Drive From The 8248-L4T, 8408-E8D, Or 9109-Rmd; Removing A Disk Drive Or Solid-State Drive From The 8248-L4T, 8408-E8D, Or 9109-Rmd With The Aix System Or Logical Partition Power Turned On; Preparing To Remove A Disk Drive Or Solid-State Drive - IBM 8248-L4T Manual

Removing a disk drive or solid-state drive from the 8248-L4T,
8408-E8D, or 9109-RMD
Learn to remove a failed disk drive or solid-state drive from the system, a drive enclosure, or an
expansion unit with the system or logical partition power turned on or turned off.
Related information:
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Removing and replacing a disk drive in the 5887 disk drive enclosure unit
Removing a disk drive or solid-state drive from the 8248-L4T,
8408-E8D, or 9109-RMD with the AIX system or logical partition power
turned on
Learn to remove a failed Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) or serial-attached SCSI (SAS) drive in a
system or an expansion unit while the power of the AIX operating system or logical partition that
controls the drive location is turned on.
If you are installing a new or upgraded drive, see "Installing a disk drive or solid-state drive in the
8248-L4T, 8408-E8D, or 9109-RMD with the AIX system or logical partition power turned on" on page 5.
If you are removing a drive as part of a service procedure, continue to use the following procedure.
If the drive that you are removing is in the root volume group (rootvg) and it is not protected by either
Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) or mirroring, or to use the powered-off procedure, go to
"Removing a disk drive or solid-state drive from the 8248-L4T, 8408-E8D, or 9109-RMD with the system
or logical partition power turned off" on page 49.
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 a disk drive or solid-state drive by using the diagnostic command" on page 30
v Select from the following options:
– "Removing the disk drive or solid-state drive from the 8248-L4T, 8408-E8D, or 9109-RMD system or
expansion unit" on page 30
– "Removing a solid-state drive from the EDR1 PCIe storage enclosure" on page 31 (This drive
enclosure is supported for the 8412-EAD, 9117-MMC, 9117-MMD, 9179-MHC, and 9179-MHD
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 129.
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