A drive is an electromagnetic mechanical device that provides the physical storage media for data.
Overview and requirements Before you replace a drive, you need to be aware of certain requirements and considerations.
Replace drive (12-drive, 24-drive or 60-drive) The Recovery Guru in ThinkSystem System Manager monitors the drives in the storage array and can notify you of an impending drive failure or an actual drive failure. When a drive has failed, its amber Attention LED is on. You can hot-swap a failed drive while the storage array is receiving I/O.
Hot-add drive to a system You hot-add a drive that contained previous configuration information to a system.