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Hot-Plug Disk Drive Removal
Attention: Before you perform the following procedure, ensure that the customer has taken appropriate
actions to back up the data for the drive you are removing, and that the drive has been removed from the
configuration. Physically removing a hot-plug drive from the system before it has been removed from the
system configuration can cause unrecoverable data corruption. Refer to “Deconfiguring (Removing) a Disk
Drive” on page 47.
Attention: The Linux operating system does not support these hot-pluggable procedures. A system with
Linux installed must be shut down and powered off before installing any disk drive or PCI adapter.
To remove a hot-plug disk drive, do the following:
1. Before removing the disk, ensure all data has been saved.
2. Deconfigure the drive you are removing from the system. See “Deconfiguring (Removing) a Disk
Drive” on page 47.
3. Open the front bezel door.
4. Locate the hot-plug disk drive you plan to remove. If you are removing a faulty disk drive, a lit amber
LED located at the front of each disk drive will help you isolate the faulty drive.
5. Log in as root user.
6. At the command line, type
smitty
.
7. Select System Storage Management (Physical and Logical Storage) .
8. Select Removable Disk Management .
9. Select Remove a Disk .
10. Select the desired disk from the list on the screen and press Enter.
11. Remove the disk drive by placing the handle on the disk drive into the open position (perpendicular to
the drive) and pulling the hot-plug disk drive away from the bay. The lit LED on the disk drive will turn
off when the disk drive is removed.
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