IBM EXP15 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Also see for EXP15: Installation and User Handbook

b. If the amber Fault LED is completely on and notflashing, remove the drive from the unit and wait10 seconds; then, reinstall the drive.8. Configure the drive using the appropriate software.Replacing hot-swap drives: Drive problems includeany malfunctions that delay, interrupt, or preventsuccessful I/O activity between the hosts and the hard diskdrives in the expansion unit. This includes transmissionproblems between the host controllers, the ESM boards,and the drives. This section explains how to replace afailed drive.AttentionFailure to replace the drives in their correct bays mightresult in loss of data. If you are replacing a drive thatis part of a RAID level 1 or RAID level 5 logical drive,ensure that you install the replacement drive in thecorrect bay.Check the hardware and software documentation providedwith your system to see if there are restrictions regardinghard disk drive configurations. Some system FibreChannel (FC) configurations might not allow mixingdifferent drive capacities or types within an array.1. Determine the location of the drive that you want toremove.AttentionNever hot swap a drive CRU when its greenActivity LED is flashing. Hot swap a drive CRUonly when its amber Fault LED is completely onand not flashing or when the drive is inactive withthe green Activity LED completely on and notflashing.2. Remove the drive CRU.a. Press on the inside of the bottom of the trayhandle to release the blue latch 1 .b. Pull the handle 2 on the tray 3 out into theopen position.c. Lift the drive CRU partially out of the bay.d. To avoid possible damage to the drive 4 , waitat least 20 seconds before fully removing thedrive CRU from the expansion unit to allow forthe drive to spin down.88 IBM Netfinity EXP15, EXP200, EXP500 HMM