Removing a Drive

You might sometimes need to remove a non-failed drive that is connected to the controller. Preparing a physical drive for removal spins the drive into a power save mode.

1.	Navigate to the Controller dashboard and click the Drives tab.

All of the associated drives appear.

2.	Expand Unconfigured Drives and select a drive, which you want to remove.

3.	Select Actions > Prepare for Removal.

The drive is in the power save mode and is ready for removal.

4.	Wait until the drive spins down and then remove it.

NOTE  If you change your mind and do not want to remove the drive, select Actions > Undo Prepare for Removal.