5.4.1 Removing Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drives from the Hot-Swap Bays
This procedure describes how to remove hot-swap hard disk drives from a hot-swap bay when the system and the 7131 Storage Tower
are powered on.
If you remove a hot-swap hard disk drive when the system or 7131 Storage Tower power is off, steps 4 and 5 do not apply.
1. Attention: Follow all ESD-sensitive parts procedures while performing these procedure. For ESD information, see "Handling
Electrostatic Discharge-Sensitive Parts" in topic 5.1.
2. Open the front cover, following instructions in "Opening the 7131 Storage Tower" in topic 5.3.1.
3. Attention: Physically removing a hot-swap hard disk drive from the 7131 Storage Tower before it has been removed from system
configuration, may cause irrecoverable data corruption.
4. Verify that the device has been removed from system configuration. The yellow LED on the hot-swap hard disk drive should be off.
5. Press the power switch on the hot-swap hard disk drive. Observe the green LED flash (see Figure 5-23)
6. Move the latch down on the hot-swap hard disk drive (see Figure 5-23).
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Figure 5-23. The Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drives and the Hot-Swap Bays
7. Pull the hot-swap hard disk drive out of the hot-swap bay, keeping it straight to prevent damage.
8. Place the hot-swap hard disk drive in an antistatic bag if you are going to reuse it.
9. Close the front cover.
7131-105 User's Guide
Removing Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drives from the Hot-Swap Bays
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