How can I safely remove or replace a physical disk?
The following sections provide information related to safely removing a healthy physical disk:
For disks that reside in an enclosure, use the "Prepare to Remove" task to locate the disk within the enclosure and deactivate it prior to removal.
For physical disks included in a virtual disk, use the Offline task to deactivate the disk prior to removal. See "Clear Physical Disk and Cancel Clear" for more information. If you need help locating the disk within the enclosure, you can blink the disk's light-emitting diode (LED) displays. See "Blink and Unblink (Physical Disk) "for more information.
The following sections describe how to replace a disk that has failed or is receiving SMART alerts:
The controller's properties information displays the firmware version that is installed on the controller. From the Storage tree view object, you can display the firmware version for all controllers attached to the system. (A controller's Information/Configuration subtab also displays the firmware installed on that controller.)
To display the firmware version of all controllers:
Select the Storage object in the tree view.
Click the Information/Configuration subtab. The Firmware Version
column on the Information/Configuration subtab displays the firmware
version for all controllers attached to the system.
Each controller attached to the system is displayed under the Storage object in the tree view.
In addition, the Storage object's Health and Information/Configuration subtabs display information for each controller.
To identify which controllers are attached to the system:
Select the Storage tree view object. The Health subtab displays the name
and status for each controller attached to the system.
Click the Information/Configuration subtab to display additional
information for each controller.
To display more information about a particular controller including its
tasks, click the controller's name in the Name column on the
Information/Configuration subtab. This action displays the controller's
Information/Configuration subtab. The Information/Configuration
subtab displays information about the controller's components and
enables you to execute the controller tasks.
