CAUTION: Remove or replace a hard drive only when the drive failure LED is amber. Data loss can occur if a drive is removed when the drive online LED is green. See “Hot-plug SCSI hard drive LEDs” in Chapter 4, “Server component identification,” for more information.
CAUTION: Remove or replace only one hard drive at a time. The controller relies on other drives to reconstruct data on the replaced drive. Drive reconstruction is active when the drive online LED is flashing green.
To remove a hot-plug SCSI hard drive:
1.Press the release button to unlock the ejector lever on the hard drive.
2.Open the ejector lever to release the drive.
3.Slide the drive out of the cage.
Figure 19 Removing a hot-plug SCSI hard drive
IMPORTANT: Always populate hard drive bays starting with the lowest SCSI ID.
Reverse the steps to replace a hot-plug SCSI hard drive.
Hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drives
Figure 20 Hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive ID numbers
When adding SAS hard drives to the server, observe the following general guidelines:
•The server supports eight SAS or SATA hot-plug hard drives.
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