Chapter 3 Servicing Customer Replaceable Devices 3-5
3.2.4 Removing a Hard Drive or SSD
Hard drives or SSD drives can be hot-plugged or cold-plugged. Drives in the Sun
Fire X4150 Server might be hot-pluggable, depending on the drive configuration.
To hot-plug a drive you must take the drive offline (to prevent any applications from
accessing it, and to remove the logical software links to it) before you can safely
remove it.
To remove a drive from a Sun Fire X4150 Server:
1. Identify the drive you wish to remove.
The amber Service Required LED might be lit. For specific drive locations, see
Section 3.2.1, “Sun Fire X4150 Server Drive Guidelines” on page 3-3.
2. Determine if the drive can be hot-plugged, or cold-plugged.
The following conditions might prevent you from hot-plugging a drive. You must
power off the server, if the drive:
■ Contains the operating system, and the operating system is not mirrored on
another drive.
■ Cannot be logically isolated from the online operations of the server.
3. Do one of the following:
■ To hot-plug a drive:
Figure Leg end
Legend LED Symbol Color Lights when
1 OK to
Remove
Blue A drive can be removed safely during a
hot-plug operation.
2 Service
Required
Amber The system is running and the drive is
faulty. The front and rear panel Service
Required LEDs are also lit if the system
detects a drive fault.
3 OK/Activity Green Data is being read from or written to the
drive.
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