Removing a Drive
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To add a drive
1 In 3DM, choose
Management > Maintenance.
2 On the Maintenance page, click
Rescan Controller.
The drive will appear in the list of available drives. You can now use it in
a new RAID configuration, or as a replacement drive in the event that
another drive degrades.
If you want to use this drive as a spare, see “Creating a Hot Spare” on
page 108.
Removing a Drive
If you have a hot-swap carrier and want to physically remove a drive from
your system without powering it down, you must first remove it through the
3ware software.
This is useful if you know that a drive is developing a problem and you want
to replace it, or to replace a drive which has already failed.
To remove a drive
1 In 3DM, choose
Management > Maintenance.
Note: When you add a drive to your system and connect it to the controller, it is
automatically detected and listed in 3DM. If it does not immediately display, you can
use the rescan feature, as described below.
Warnings:
Physically removing a drive that is not in a hot swap carrier can result in a system
hang or may even damage the system and the drive.
The steps below will destroy any information that identifies this drive as part of a
RAID unit.
Existing data on this drive will no longer be available.
Notes:
If you want to remove a unit from your system and reassemble it in another system,
do not follow these steps. Instead, turn to “Removing a Unit” on page 128.
If you physically remove a drive on a controller without first removing it in 3DM, it will
be listed as removed, however it will not be completely removed unless you Rescan
the controller.
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