Hot-Swap Rebuild - NEC Express5800 series User Manual

3.6.1

Hot-swap Rebuild

The feature can be done in the following procedure:
1. Find the defected hard disk drive. The following figure shows a sample display in MSM.
The icon
drive.
2. Pull out the defected hard disk drive.
3. Insert a normal hard disk drive into the slot from which the defected hard disk drive is
pulled out. After the insertion, the rebuild operation is started.
The icon
Select [Group Operations] → [Show Progress] on the menu bar to know the progress of the
execution.
IMPORTANT: For the replacement of a hard disk drive by
using the hot-swap feature, the interval from the removal of
the defected hard disk drive to the installation of a substitute
hard disk drive should be 60 sec or longer. A shorter interval
may cause an unexpected event to occur. (It is recommended
to go to the next step after the removal and installation can be
recognized on MSM.)
shows a degraded logical drive. The icon
shows the hard disk drive being rebuilt.
Operation 51
shows a defected hard disk