Servicing Storage Drives (Cru); Storage Drives Hot-Plug Conditions - Oracle X8-2L Service Manual

Servicing Storage Drives (CRU)

This section describes how to service storage drives. Storage drives are customer-replaceable
units (CRUs) that do not require you to power off the server. For more information about CRUs,
see "Illustrated Parts Breakdown" on page 20
"Storage Drives Hot-Plug Conditions" on page 69
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"Storage Drive Failure and RAID" on page 70
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"Storage Drive Locations and Numbering" on page 70
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"Removing and Replacing a Storage Drive" on page 71
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"Removing and Replacing an NVMe Storage Drive Using Oracle Solaris" on page 76
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"Removing and Replacing an NVMe Storage Drive Using Oracle Linux" on page 79
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"Removing and Replacing an NVMe Storage Drive Using Microsoft Windows
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Server" on page 83
Related Information
"Servicing SAS Cables (FRU)" on page 189
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"Servicing NVMe Cables (FRU)" on page 195
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Storage Drives Hot-Plug Conditions

The hard-disk drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs), or NVMe SSD drives that are installed
in the server are in most cases hot-pluggable. This capability depends on how the drives are
configured and whether the drive is an NVMe device. To hot-plug a drive you must take the
drive offline before you can remove it. When you take the drive offline, you prevent any
application from accessing the drive and remove the logical software links to the drive. For an
NVMe storage drive, you must not only take the drive offline, but also power down the drive
slot.
The following conditions inhibit the ability to perform hot-plugging of a drive:
and "Customer-Replaceable Units" on page
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