Dell PowerEdge 1800 - Manual (Page 112)

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Installing Drives
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Figure 7-12. Hot-Plug SCSI Hard Drives Connected to a RAID Controller Card
Removing a Hot-Plug Hard Drive
NOTICE:
Not all operating systems support hot-plug drive installation. See the documentation supplied
with your operating system.
NOTICE:
SCSI hot-plug functionality is available only when SCSI RAID is used. See the SCSI RAID
controller's documentation to verify that its configuration supports hot-plug SCSI hard drives.
1 Remove the bezel. See "Removing the Bezel" in "Troubleshooting Your System."
2 Take the hard drive offline and wait until the hard-drive indicator codes on the drive carrier
signal that the drive can be removed safely. See Table 2-6.
If the drive has been online, the drive-status indicator blinks green two times a second as the
drive is powered down. When all indicators are off, the drive is ready for removal.
See your operating system documentation for more information on taking the hard drive
offline.
3 Open the hard-drive carrier handle to release the drive. See Figure 7-13.
SCSI RAID controller card
SCSI backplane board
SCSI hard drives (6)
63-cm (25-inch) SCSI interface cable