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Upgrading Your System
Hot-Swapping a Hard Drive
If you are swapping out a faulty hard drive, you can determine which drive to
remove by checking its Disk Drive Status LEDs. See “Status LED Indicator
Descriptions” in Chapter 1.
Note:
When the Disk Error LED indicates 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. Drive manufacturers caution against moving a
drive that is still spinning because of possible damage to the
drive. Also, when the Disk Error 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 at the beginning of this
chapter.
2.
If tower-based system, unlock (if locked) the mechanical lock at the top of
the front door and open the door.
3.
Check all the hard disk drive status LEDs to confirm which faulty drive to
remove. Each drive has three status indicators located on its front handle.
See
Table 1-2. Disk Drive Status LED Panel Indicators
in Chapter 1.
Note:
Depending on the drive fault, the drive may be
still spinning when you remove it. Follow the next step
exactly when removing drives.
4.
Grasp the handle of the hard disk’s carrier and unlock the lever located at the
bottom of the carrier handle, see Figure 4-59. Pull the faulty drive out of the
bay far enough to disengage the drive connector from the backplane. Wait
30 seconds until the drive spins down, then remove the drive from the bay.
Note:
Observe static precautions. Use an antistatic
wrist strap.
5.
Place the removed hard drive on an antistatic surface.
6.
Remove the replacement drive from its protective wrapper and place it on an
antistatic surface. Record the drive model and serial numbers in the
equipment log. If a drive carrier was not shipped with the replacement drive,
use the carrier from the removed drive.
7.
Place the removed hard drive in an antistatic wrapper.
8.
Perform steps 7 through 11 of the previous subsection
Installing a Hard
Disk Drive
.
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