7. Using the drive guides to help you orient the disks, carefully load the replacement disk drive into the drive
slot. Make sure that the disk is fully seated and that the drive ejection handle is flat against the drive.
Figure 3-8: Loading a new disk drive
The drive status LED lights up green to inform you that the disk is connected and functioning properly.
8. Close the drive drawer lid.
9. Carefully slide the drawer back into the unit, making sure that it is flush with the rest of the front panel.
10. Turn the drawer lock clockwise to lock the drawer into place.
The
STAT
LED on the front of the drawer turns from amber to green to let you know that the drive drawer
is properly latched. The
DSK
LED lights up green to let you know that all drives are functioning properly.
11. In the graphical user interface (GUI), go to the
Home
page and verify that the status bar for the new drive
is either blue or gray, meaning that it has been automatically detected and assigned as a pool spare or
that it is unassigned and ready to be used in a new array or assigned as a spare. See
Home Page
in
Chapter 3
of the
Nexsan RAID Storage User Guide
for more information.
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