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Hot-swapping Hard Disk Drives
The server supports five hot-swap drive carriers. Each carrier holds a standard one-inch high SCSI-2
or SCSI-3 hard drive.
The procedures in this section describe how to determine drive status, remove a faulty drive, and
install a new drive. If a drive is in a redundant configuration, you can install or replace a hot-swap hard
disk drive without powering down the server.
CAUTION
To ensure proper airflow and server cooling, all drive bays must contain either a carrier with a hard
drive installed in it or a carrier with an air baffle installed.
Determining Drive Status
The drive carriers contain light-pipes that allow dual-color LED indicators to show through the bezel
to display the hard disk drive status, as shown by Figure 12.
Table 15. Hard Disk Drive Carrier
Item
Description
A
Latch
B
Dual-color activity LED:
• Amber flashing: Indicates the hard drive is active.
• Amber and green alternating flashing: Indicates hard drive is powered on and is
rebuilding RAID, or it is powered on and has a fault condition.
• Amber flashing: Indicates hard drive is not powered on and has a fault condition.
• Unlit: Indicates no hard drive is installed in that location, or a drive is installed but has
no current activity.
60
60
A
B
Figure 12. Hard Disk Drive Carrier
User Serviceable Platform Components
User Serviceable Platform Components
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