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Subject: Re: Changing out drives on a 170: any "gotchas"?
From: James Lampert <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:42:39 -0800
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Lukas Beeler wrote:

The 170 already has hot plug cages with SCA ports (no SCSI ID needed).
So the mechanical part becomes easy.

Drives are hot-swappable on a 170?!?

I definitely don't remember THAT!

Can anybody else confirm this? (I do note that Hardware Service Manager and Device Concurrent Maintenance do both exist).

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Re: Changing out drives on a 170: any "gotchas"? , Roger Harman

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