3Ware 9550SXU16MLB10 User Guide - Page 117
Removing a Drive, Remove Drive, Management > Maintenance
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Removing a Drive Removing a Drive If you have a hot-swap carrier and want to physically remove a drive from your system without powering it down, you must first remove it through the 3ware software. This is useful if you know that a drive is developing a problem and you want to replace it, or to replace a drive which has already failed. Warnings: Physically removing a drive that is not in a hot swap carrier can result in a system hang or may even damage the system and the drive. If you unplug a drive without first removing it through 3DM or 3BM, Rescan will not recognize it as gone. Always use the Remove Drive command to remove a drive before unplugging it. If you want to remove a unit from your system and reassemble it in another system, do not follow these steps. Instead, turn to "Removing a Unit" on page 106. The steps below will destroy any information that identifies this drive as part of a RAID unit. Existing data on this drive will no longer be available. To remove a drive 1 In 3DM, choose Management > Maintenance. On the Maintenance Page, remove Drive links appear next to all drives that can be removed from units, and next to drives in the Available Drives list. 2 Locate the drive you want to remove and click the Remove Drive link (Figure 44). (You can remove a drive that is part of a unit, or that is shown in the list of Available Drives.) www.3ware.com 111