EasyRAID S16-F2R4 Hardware User Manual - page 29
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3 Maintenance
Replacing a Disk
A disk failure is indicated when the Power/Error LED at the front of the drive tray turns red and
the audible alert sounds.
The LCD screen shows the failure with the symbol “R” or “W”. “R” indicates a disk failure or
error, and “W” indicates that there are too many bad sectors on the disk.
Disks are hot swappable, which means that they can be inserted and removed while the disk array
system is powered on and operating. Follow these instructions to replace a failed disk.
1 Unlock the disk tray.
2 Pull the disk tray handle to the open position, then pull the disk tray out.
3 Remove the screws from the failed disk, then remove the failed disk from the disk tray.
4
Insert the new disk into the disk tray. The disk must be face up with the connec-
tors directed toward the open rear of the tray.
5 Align the rear of the disk with the rear of the disk tray.
6 Attach the disk to the disk tray with the screws that came with the disk.
7 Insert the disk tray back into the empty slot, then close the tray handle.
8 Lock the disk tray. The disk array automatically begins rebuilding the RAID.
Note
Turn off the audible alert by pressing the Up and Down function but-
tons on the front panel twice simultaneously.
Note
The new disk must have the same or a greater capacity than the
faulty disk that was removed. If the disk capacity is smaller, the
audible alert sounds and the auto-rebuild operation doesn’t start.
For best performance, it is recommended that the new disk be
identical to the failed disk.
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 W R
Example:
• Disks 1 to 9 are members of array group 1.
• Disks 10 to 14 are members of array group 2.
• Disk 15 has too many bad sectors.
• Disk 16 has an error or a fault.