Raid Rebuilding; Replacing A Disk In A Hot-Swap Storage System; Replace The Disk; Physically Replace The Disk Drive In The Storage System - HP StorageWorks P4000 User Manual

2. Select the Storage configuration category.
CAUTION:
Wait until the RAID status on the RAID Setup tab displays Rebuilding."
3. Click the Disk Setup tab.
4. Select the disk in the list to power on.
5. Click Disk Setup Tasks, and select Power On Disk.
6. Click OK on the confirmation message.

RAID rebuilding

After the disk is powered on, RAID starts rebuilding on the replaced disk. Note that there may be a
delay of up to a couple of minutes before you can see that RAID is rebuilding on the RAID Setup or
Disk Setup tabs.

Replacing a disk in a hot-swap storage system

The hot-swap storage systems are listed below.
• DL320s [NSM 2120]
• Dell 2950
• NSM 2060
• NSM 4150
• HP LeftHand P4300 and P4500
• HP StorageWorks P4500 G2 and P4500 G2
• HP StorageWorks P4700
• HP StorageWorks P4800
Complete the checklist for replacing a disk in RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, RAID 50, or RAID 6. Then
follow the appropriate procedures for the storage system.
CAUTION:
Always use a new drive when replacing a disk in a Dell 2950, NSM 2060, or NSM 4150. Never
reinsert the same drive or another drive from the same Dell 2950, NSM 2060, or NSM 4150.

Replace the disk

You may remove and replace a disk from these hot-swap storage systems after checking that the Safe
to Remove status indicates "Yes" for the drive to be replaced.

Physically replace the disk drive in the storage system

See the hardware documentation that came with your storage system for information about physically
replacing disk drives in the storage system.
76 Storage Configuration: Disk RAID and Disk Management