Hot-swap drive replacement

This section covers information about replacing a hot-swap drive.

Use this information to remove and install a hot-swap drive. You can remove or install a hot-swap drive without turning off the storage, which helps you avoid significant interruption to system operation.

Attention

Before replacing a hot-swap drive, read and follow the steps in the Hot-swap drive replacement preparations.

Note

• The term “hot-swap drive” refers to all the supported hot-swap NVMe solid-state drives.

• Use any documentation that comes with the drive and follow those instructions in addition to the instructions in these topics. Ensure that you have all the cables and other equipment that come with the drive, as specified in its documentation.

• The electromagnetic interference (EMI) integrity and cooling of the storage are protected by having all drive bays covered or occupied. The vacant bays are either covered by an EMI-protective panel or occupied by drive fillers. When installing a drive, save the removed drive filler in case you later remove the drive and need the drive filler to cover the space.

• SED = Self-Encrypting Drive

• NVME = Non-Volatile Memory Express

• Hot-swap drive replacement preparations
  This section covers information about the preparations required before replacing a storage block hot-swap drive.
• Preparing the drives
  This section covers the steps required for preparing new drives to be added to the storage enclosure.
• Example of a clean drive configuration
  This section covers an example of a clean drive configuration.
• Removing the drive from the RAID array
  This section covers the steps required to remove a storage drive from the RAID array, before physically removing the drive from the storage enclosure.
• Removing a hot-swap drive
  Use this information to remove a hot-swap drive.
• Installing a hot-swap drive
  Use this information to install a hot-swap drive.