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60 61MAXDATA PLATINUM 7200 IR M6User Serviceable Platform Components

Hot-swapping Hard Disk Drives

The server supports five hot-swap drive carriers. Each carrier holds a standard one-inch high SCSI-2

or SCSI-3 hard drive.

The procedures in this section describe how to determine drive status, remove a faulty drive, and

install a new drive. If a drive is in a redundant configuration, you can install or replace a hot-swap hard

disk drive without powering down the server.

CAUTION

To ensure proper airflow and server cooling, all drive bays must contain either a carrier with a hard

drive installed in it or a carrier with an air baffle installed.

Determining Drive Status

The drive carriers contain light-pipes that allow dual-color LED indicators to show through the bezel

to display the hard disk drive status, as shown by Figure 12.

Figure 12. Hard Disk Drive Carrier

Table 15. Hard Disk Drive Carrier

Item Description

A Latch

B Dual-color activity LED:

• Amber flashing: Indicates the hard drive is active.

• Amber and green alternating flashing: Indicates hard drive is powered on and is

rebuilding RAID, or it is powered on and has a fault condition.

• Amber flashing: Indicates hard drive is not powered on and has a fault condition.

• Unlit: Indicates no hard drive is installed in that location, or a drive is installed but has

no current activity.