Preparing to remove and replace a disk drive or solid-state drive in AIX

To identify the drive by using the diagnostic command before you remove a disk drive or solid-state drive, complete the following steps:

a. Log in as root user.
b. At the command line, type diag and then press Enter.
c. On the Diagnostic Operating Instructions display, press Enter to continue.
d. On the Function Selection display, select Task Selection.
e. Select RAID Array Manager.
f. Select IBM SAS Disk Array Manager.
g. Select Diagnostics and Recovery Options.
h. Select SCSI and SCSI RAID Hot Plug Manager.
i. To identify the location of the drive to be removed, select Identify a Device Attached to an SCSI Hot Swap Enclosure Device.
j. Choose the slot corresponding to the drive, and then press Enter.
k. Verify that the identify LED for that slot is flashing rapidly, and record the location of the slot.
l. Press Enter to stop the LED from flashing and continue.
m. To prepare to remove the drive, press F3 to return to the SCSI and SCSI RAID Hot Plug Manager display.
n. Select Replace/Remove a Device Attached to an SCSI Hot Swap Enclosure Device.

On the console, select the drive that you want to remove, and then press Enter.