Replacing 2.5-Inch Hard Disk Drive - NEC Express5800/R320g-M4 Maintenance Manual

Chapter 2 Configuring and Upgrading the System

5.3.3 Replacing 2.5-inch Hard Disk Drive

Follow the steps below to remove the failed hard disk drive. The hard disk drive is replaced with a new disk with
the server powered on.
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Replacing the Hard Disk Drive
1. Locate the failed hard disk drive.
When a hard disk drive fails, the DISK ACCESS LED on the hard disk drive's handle lights amber.
2. Remove the failed hard disk according to Chapter 2 (1.3 Replacing Failed Hard Disk Drives).
3. Wait at least 15 seconds. Then, follow the steps in Chapter 2 (5.3.1 Installing 2.5-inch Hard Disk Drive)
to install a new hard disk drive.
4. Restore the redundant configuration.
See Chapter 2 (1.3 Replacing Failed Hard Disk Drives).
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See Chapter 2 (5.1.3 Precautions for installing/replacing optional devices) and
Important
Chapter 1(1.8 Anti-static Measures) in Safety Precautions and Regulatory Notices
before starting installing or removing options.
Note  The hard disk drive to be installed for replaced must have the same specifications as
its mirroring hard disk drive.
 Use unsigned hard disk drive for replacement. To use the signed disk, recover the
duplex configuration according to Chapter 2 (1. Hard Disk Drive Operations) after
formatting the disk physically.
For details about the physical format, see Chapter 3 (3.3 Physical Formatting of the
Hard Disk Drive).
5. Installing Optional Devices