IBM xSeries 230 6RY Hardware Maintenance Manual page 67

2. To avoid damage to a hard disk drive, DO NOT remove the drive from the
hot-swap bay until it has had time to spin down (approximately 30 seconds).
Handle the drive carefully.
3. Before you hot-swap a drive, make sure it is defective. If you partially or
completely remove a good drive instead of a defective one, your server might
lose valuable data.
This situation is especially relevant if your server has a RAID adapter installed
and you assigned RAID level 1 or 5 to the logical drives in your disk array. The
RAID adapter can rebuild the data that you need, provided that certain
conditions are met. Refer to the information provided with the RAID adapter
for further details.
Refer to the following illustration of the tower model while you perform the steps
in this procedure.
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Filler panel for use with half-high drives (tray and slim filler bezel)
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Slim filler bezel
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Hard disk drive
4
Drive tray
5
Drive tray handle (in open position)
To replace a drive in a hot-swap bay:
1. Before you begin, do the following:
v Read the documentation that comes with your drive.
v If your server has a RAID adapter installed, review the information provided
with the RAID adapter for information about replacing a drive.
2. If your server is a tower model, unlock and open the server door.
Attention: To maintain proper system cooling, do not operate the server for
more than two minutes without either a drive or a filler panel installed for each
bay.
3. Locate the defective drive (look for an amber Hard Disk Status light on the
front of the drive).
4. Remove the defective hard disk drive: move the handle on the drive to the
open position (perpendicular to the drive) and pull the hot-swap tray from the
bay.
5. Remove the four screws that attach the drive to the hot-swap tray, and remove
the drive from the tray.
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