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To remove an SSD, press the button on the drive panel to release the locking lever, and then
hold the locking lever and pull the drive out of the slot.
To remove an HDD, press the button on the drive panel to release the locking lever. Pull the
drive 3 cm (1.18 in) out of the slot. Wait for a minimum of 30 seconds for the drive to stop
rotating, and then pull the drive out of the slot.
2.
Remove the drive carrier. Remove the screws that secure the drive and then remove the drive
from the carrier.
Installing a SAS/SATA drive
IMPORTANT:
As a best practice, install drives that do not contain RAID information.
1.
Attach the drive to the drive carrier. Place the drive in the carrier and then use four screws to
secure the drive into place.
2.
Remove the blank from the drive slot, if any. Pressing the red button on the blank to the right,
pull the blank out of the slot.
3.
Install the drive. Press the button on the drive panel to release the locking lever, and then insert
the drive into the drive slot.
Verifying the replacement
Use one of the following methods to verify that the drive has been replaced correctly:
•
Verify the drive properties (including capacity) by using one of the following methods:
Log in to OM. For more information, see the OM online help.
Log in to HDM. For more information, see
H3C Servers HDM online help
.
Access the BIOS. For more information, see the storage controller user guide for the server.
Access the CLI or GUI of the server.
•
Observe the drive LEDs to verify that the drive is operating correctly. For more information
about drive LEDs, see "Appendix A Server specifications."
Replacing an NVMe drive
To configure RAID settings after the drive is replaced, see the storage controller user guide for the
server.
Guidelines
To hot swap NVMe drives, following these restrictions and guidelines:
•
NVMe drives support hot insertion. Support for hot removal and managed hot removal of NVMe
drives varies by operating system. To replace an NVMe drive in an operating system that does
not support hot removal or managed hot removal of NVMe drives, first power off the server.
•
To hot insert NVMe drives, insert the drives steadily without pauses to prevent the operating
system from being stuck or restarted.
•
Do not hot swap multiple NVMe drives at the same time. As a best practice, hot swap NVMe
drives one after another at intervals longer than 30 seconds for the operating system to identify
the installed or removed NVMe drive. If you insert multiple NVMe drives in a short period of time,
the system might fail to identify the drives.
If you are using the drives to create a RAID, follow these restrictions and guidelines:
