Replacing 2.5-Inch Hard Disk Drive - NEC Express5800/R320a-E4 User Manual

8-10 System Upgrade

Replacing 2.5-inch Hard Disk Drive

Follow the procedure below to remove the failed hard disk drive. The hard disk drive is replaced
with new device with the server powered on.
IMPORTANT:
Make sure to read "ANTI-STATIC MEASURES" and "PREPARING YOUR SYSTEM FOR
UPGRADE." You can replace disks during continuous operation.
Replacing the Hard Disk Drive
1.
Locate the failed hard disk.
When a hard disk fails, the DISK ACCESS LED on the hard disk drive's handle illuminates
amber.
2.
Remove the failed hard disk referring to "Replacing Failed Hard Disk Drives" on page 3-21
and "Removing 2.5-inch Hard Disk Drive" on page 8-9.
3.
Refer to the steps in "Installing 2.5-inch Hard Disk Drive" to install a new hard disk.
CHECK:
The hard disk to be installed for replacement must have the same specifications as its
mirroring hard disk.
Use unsigned hard disk drive for replacement. To use the signed disk, it is necessary to
recover the duplex configuration by referring to "Disk Operations" in chapter 3 after
formatting the disk physically.
As to physical format, refer to "SAS BIOS - SAS Configuration Utility -" in Chapter 4,
"System Configuration" in the separate volume of the User's Guide, and perform
Format Disk with Disk Utilities.
Before performing physical formatting, change [Option ROM Scan Monitoring] to
[Disabled] on [Server] - [Monitoring Configuration] on the BIOS setup utility.
Refer to the separate volume of the User's Guide User's Guide "SYSTEM BIOS -
SETUP -" in "Chapter 4 System Configuration" for configuration.
4.
Restore the redundant configuration (see Chapter 3).