How to Remove a Hard Drive

Before You Begin

• Label the hard drives before removing them. If you plan to install the hard drives into the same server, you must return each drive to the slot from which it was removed (its original slot).

• If you are removing a hard drive configured as a RAID volume and you plan to use the drive again in a non-RAID volume configuration, you must use the HBA's BIOS utility to delete the volume before you remove the drive from the server. See Replacing or Adding a Hard Drive (CRU).

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Caution - Potential for data loss. If you install a hard drive that was previously configured with a RAID volume into a server that does not have its hard drives configured as RAID volumes, the existing hard drives in the server are converted to RAID volumes during automatic synchronization. Any data on the existing hard drives in the server is lost. To avoid this problem, use the HBA BIOS utility to delete the RAID volume from the hard drive before removing the hard drive from the server.

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1. If necessary, power off the server. See How to Power Off the Server.
2. If you are replacing a failed hard drive, use the hard drive LEDs to identify the faulty drive. See Sun Fire X4640 Server External LED Locations and Meanings.
3. If you are removing a hard drive that has a RAID volume and you plan to use the drive in a non-RAID volume configuration, use the HBA's BIOS utility to delete the volume before you remove the drive.
4. To open the hard drive latch, press the spring-loaded latch release button on the front of the hard drive.
   
5. To remove the hard drive, use the latch to pull the drive out of the slot.
   

See Also

• Hard Drive Designation

• How to Install a Hard Drive