Swapping A Hard Disk Drive - NEC EXPRESS5800/120Lf User Manual

Swapping a Hard Disk Drive

When you are swapping out a faulty hard drive, you can determine which drive
to remove by checking its SCSI drive activity/fault LED. See "Status LED
Indicator Descriptions" in Chapter 2.
Note:
a drive fault (steady amber light), you can remove the drive
and swap in a replacement at any time without needing to
power down the system and provided RAID is configured in
the system. Drive manufacturer's caution against moving a
drive that is still spinning because of possible damage to the
drive. Also, when the SCSI drive activity/fault LED indicates
that the hard disk drive is being rebuilt (flashing amber light)
do not remove the drive.
1. Observe the safety and ESD precautions listed under General Information
and Static Precautions at the beginning of this chapter.
2. Open the front door of your system's cabinet. For tower-based systems see
Opening the Front Door of the Tower Cabinet in Chapter 2. For rack-mount
systems you must remove the front panels of the system chassis.
3. Remove the drive and its carrier from the SCSI hard disk drive bay by
performing the following procedures:
Depending on the drive fault, the drive may be still
spinning when you remove it. Follow the next steps
exactly when removing drives.
Press the disk carrier handle lock downward to release it. See Figure
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4-47.
When the SCSI drive activity/fault LED indicates
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Figure 4-47. Releasing the Disk Carrier Tray
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