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5 Hot-swapping System Components
Hot-swap Hard Drives
The procedures in this section describe how to determine drive status, remove a faulty drive, and
install a new drive. For more information, see Hot-swap Hard Drive Carrier.
Determining Drive Status
The carriers contain light-pipes that allow light from dual-color LED indicators on the SCSI
backplane board to travel across the carrier and show through the bezel to display hard drive status.
The status indicators are described in Table 30.
Table 30. SCSI Drive Status LED Descriptions
Feature Description
Green, flashing Indicates the hard drive is active
Yellow/Green flashing Indicates a hard drive fault and hard drive is powered
Yellow/Blank flashing Indicates a hard drive fault and hard drive is not powered
Not illuminated Indicates nothing is installed in the bay
Removing a Hard Drive
1. When replacing a failed drive, examine the amber LEDs above the hard drive bays to determine
which drive has failed. See Table 30 for information on how to interpret the LEDs.
2. Pull the drive carrier latch open and use the handle to pull the drive assembly toward you.
3. Slide the assembly from the bay and place it on a clean, static-free work surface.
4. To mount a new hard drive into the carrier, continue with Mounting a Hard Drive into a
Carrier.
Figure 54. Removing a Hard Drive
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