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E x c h a n g i n g S C S I h a r d d r i v e s
Hot-swapping a SCSI hard disk drive
C C A A U U T T I I O O N N
It is vital that you remember the exact cable and connector arrangement of your hard disks,
particularly if you are using a RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) configuration. If
you fail to restore the arrangement so that all cables, plugs and disks are as they were originally,
you risk losing all the data on your hard disks.
A bank of six yellow LEDs on the front panel monitors the drive status of each drive in the
upper and lower hot-docking bays. Each LED corresponds directly to a drive, so that the
upper-most LED reflects activity in the upper-most drive. The six LEDs and corresponding
drives are numbered (top to bottom) 'zero' to 'five'. When a yellow LED is on
continuously, it is okay to hot-swap (replace) a bad drive with a good one. You DO NOT
need to shut the system down to hot-swap a drive.
1.
Open the front bezel by rotating its right side out and to the left.
2.
If you installed a padlock on the metal door to the bays, unlock the padlock and
remove it.
3.
Loosen the plastic latch securing the metal door to the chassis, and open the door.
4.
Check the bank of yellow LEDs on the front panel to determine which drive is bad.
5.
Press the rounded tab on the right of the carrier to the left (toward the center of the
drive—(B) in illustration below, while gently pulling straight down on the carrier
handle (A). This disengages the latch that secures the carrier to the chassis.
6.
Grasp the plastic carrier handle and pull it toward you to disengage the drive
connector from the backplane connector.
A. Carrier handle (pull straight down to disengage carrier and bay from backplane connector)
B. Tab on carrier handle (push left to unlock carrier)
7.
Carefully slide the bad drive forward out of the bay. Place the drive on an antistatic
surface.
8.
Position the new plastic carrier and drive assembly so that it engages the bay guide
rails.
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