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Removing a hot-plug scsi hard drive – HP ProLiant DL385 User Manual

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3. Determine the status of the hard drive from the hot-plug hard drive LEDs

("Hot-plug SCSI hard drive LED combinations" on page

25

, "Hot-plug SCSI

hard drive LEDs" on page

24

).

Resume normal server operations.

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

25

, "Hot-plug SCSI

hard drive LEDs" on page

24

).

2. Back up all server data on the hard drive.

3. Remove the hard drive.