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Hot-swap Hard Drives
The procedures in this section describe how to determine drive status, remove a faulty drive,
and install a new drive. For more information, see Hot-swap Hard Drive Carrier on page 6.
Determining Drive Status
The carriers contain light-pipes that allow light from dual-color LED indicators on the SCSI
backplane board to travel across the carrier and show through the bezel to display hard drive
status. The status indicators are described in the table below.
Table 27. SCSI Drive Status LED Descriptions
Feature Description
Green, flashing Indicates the hard drive is active
Yellow/Green flashing Indicates a hard drive fault and hard drive is powered
Yellow/Blank flashing Indicates a hard drive fault and hard drive is not powered
Not illuminated Indicates nothing is installed in the bay
Removing a Hard Drive Carrier
1. When replacing a failed drive, examine the amber LEDs to determine which drive has
failed. See letter “A” in Figure 55. See Table 27 for information on how to interpret the
LEDs.
2. Pull the drive carrier latch open and use the handle to pull the drive assembly toward you.
See letter “C” in the figure.
3. Slide the assembly from the bay and place it on a clean, static-free work surface. See letter
“D” in the figure below.
4. To mount a new hard drive into the carrier, continue with Mounting a Hard Drive into a
Carrier on page 130.
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A
B
D
C
A. Hard drive LED B. Release tab
C. Carrier latch D. Slide assembly from bay
Figure 55. Removing a Hard Drive Carrier