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Hot-plug procedures
In This Section
Hot-Plug SCSI Hard Drive...........................................................................................................51
Hard Drive Blank .........................................................................................................................52
Universal Hot-Plug Tape Drive....................................................................................................54
Tape Drive Blank .........................................................................................................................54
Hot-Plug Power Supply................................................................................................................55
Power Supply Blank.....................................................................................................................57
Hot-Plug Fan ................................................................................................................................58
Hot-Plug SCSI Hard Drive
To remove the component:
CAUTION: To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage,
do not operate the server unless all bays are populated with either a
component or a blank.
1. Determine the status of the hard drive from the hot-plug hard drive LEDs
("Hot-plug SCSI hard drive LED combinations" on page 96
, "Hot-plug SCSI
hard drive LEDs" on page 95
).
2. Back up all server data on the hard drive.