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3.
Remove the hard drive.
To replace the component, reverse the removal procedure.
Removing a hot-plug SAS hard drive
CAUTION: Always power down the server if the boot partition
resides on the drive you are replacing or if you are replacing the only
drive in the server.
CAUTION: To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, do
not operate the server unless all bays are populated with either a
component or a blank.
1.
Determine the status of the hard drive from the hot-plug hard drive LEDs
("SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations" on page
113
).
2.
Back up all server data on the hard drive to be removed.
