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About this task
The storage drive might be a hard disk drive (HDD) or a solid-state drive (SSD).
Removing a disk drive from the 8001-12C, 8001-22C, 8005-12N, or
8005-22N system
Learn how to remove a disk drive in the IBM Power System S821LC (8001-12C), the IBM Power System
S822LC for Big Data (8001-22C), the IBM CS821 (8005-12N), or the IBM CS822 (8005-22N) systems.
Before you begin
You can remove and replace SATA and SAS front drives with the system powered on and running.
When removing and replacing NVMe drives, the system needs to be powered down; for instructions, see
"Stopping the 8001-12C, 8001-22C, 8005-12N, or 8005-22N system" on page 74.
Procedure
1. Attach the electrostatic discharge (ESD) wrist strap.
Attention:
v Attach an electrostatic discharge (ESD) wrist strap to the front ESD jack, to the rear ESD jack, or to
an unpainted metal surface of your hardware to prevent the electrostatic discharge from damaging
your hardware.
v When you use an ESD wrist strap, follow all electrical safety procedures. An ESD wrist strap is
used for static control. It does not increase or decrease your risk of receiving electric shock when
using or working on electrical equipment.
v If you do not have an ESD wrist strap, just prior to removing the product from ESD packaging and
installing or replacing hardware, touch an unpainted metal surface of the system for a minimum of
5 seconds.
2. Locate the drive. Ensure that the media device is unmounted from the Linux system and if needed,
remove the media from the device. Ensure that the media device is unmounted from the Linux
system and if needed, remove the media from the device.
Based on how the drive is connected, use the following table to identify the drive, and to enable the
drive to be safely removed from the system.
Drive type
SATA drives connected to system backplane
SATA or SAS drives connected to Low Profile 12Gb/s
8-port SAS Internal RAID Adapter (FC EKAA)
SATA or SAS drives connected to 12Gb/s 8-Port SAS
Internal RAID Adapter (FC EKAB)
NVMe drives connected to Dual-port Internal NVMe
Host Bus Adapter (FC EKAE)
3. Unlock the drive bay handle (B) by pushing in the handle release (A) as shown in Figure 1 on page 4.
The handle (B) snaps out towards you. If the handle does not snap out all the way, the drive does not
slide out of the system. If the drive does not match the serial number you wrote down in the previous
step, reinstall the drive in the bay you removed it from, and check the other drive bays.
Use these commands
"mvCLI commands" on page 74
"StorCLI commands" on page 75
"sas3ircu commands" on page 76
"NVMe commands" on page 77
Removing and replacing parts
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