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Safely Removing Hard Drives

 

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It is possible to safely uninstall hard drives without switching off the appliance.

 

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In CTERA C200, it is possible to safely remove USB hard drives, by pressing the Eject button near the USB port.

To remove a hard drive

  1. Prepare the drive for safe removal, by doing the following:
    1. In the Configuration tab's navigation pane, click Main > Dashboard.

      The Main > Dashboard page appears.

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    2. In the Hard Disk Drives area, click on the drive for which you want information.

      The Drive Status window appears, displaying the Summary tab.

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    3. Click Remove.

      A confirmation message appears.

    4. Click Yes.

      The disk is unmounted and can be safely removed.

  2. Remove the hard drive as described in one of the following:

See Also

Overview

Workflow

Setting Up Storage Using the Storage Setup Wizard

Manually Setting Up Storage

Working with iSCSI Targets

Installing a SATA Hard Drive

Hot Swapping a Disk in a RAID1, 5, or 6 Array

Enlarging a RAID1 Array