Replacing Hard Drives - Avigilon 2.5TB-HD-NVR Guide D'installation

b. Connect the other end of the SAS cable to an available
port on the expansion card installed on the back of the
server.
3. Turn on the storage expansion and the server.
4. In the Admin Tool, set up the Avigilon Control Center
storage configuration to include the storage expansion.
For more information, see Connecting the NVR Expansion that is
provided with the storage expansion.

Replacing Hard Drives

The hard drives on the server are set up in a Redundant Array of
Independent Disks (RAID) configuration. This allows information to
be recorded across several hard drives. If one hard drive fails,
there is enough information on the other hard drives for the server
to continue functioning. The server contains six hot-swappable
hard drives that can be replaced while the server is running. Only
one hard drive can be replaced at a time while the server is
running.
If your server is still under warranty, contact Avigilon Technical
Support to replace a failed hard drive:
If two or more hard drives fail at the same time, contact Avigilon
Support immediately for recovery instructions.
Only replace a hard drive if the hard drive LED
Important:
indicator and the Server Administrator displays an error. See
LED Indicators on page 14 and Server Administrator on
page 9 for more information.
1. Open the Server Administrator.
2. In the System Tree on the left pane, select System >
Storage > Perc 6/i Integrated (Embedded) > Connector
0 (RAID) or Connector 1 (RAID) > Enclosure
(Backplane) > Physical Disks.
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