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Removing a hot-plug scsi hard drive – HP ProLiant DL580 G3 Server User Manual

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HP ProLiant DL580 Generation 3 Server User Guide

Remove the hard drive blank by squeezing the release buttons, and pulling the
blank from the server.

To replace the component, reverse the removal procedure.

Removing a hot-plug SCSI hard drive

CAUTION: Always power down the server if the boot partition

resides on the drive you are replacing or if you are replacing the only
drive in the server.

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

28

, "Hot-plug SCSI

hard drive LEDs" on page

27

).

2.

Back up all server data on the hard drive to be removed.