Drive replacement DL380 G3/Smart Array 5i

[ShawnPD49]

Not even sure where to look for this so thought y'all could help me out...I have two DL 380 G3 servers, each with 2 - 33.91 GB drives in a mirror set. One of the servers I took out of service since it is no longer required. The other had a hard drive physically fail.
I would like to rebuild the mirror set on the server I need to keep running and would like to take one of the drives from the server no longer in use.
Do I need to erase/format the drive I would like to put in the server with the bad drive? Or could I just take the drive from the server not in use and just put it in the server I need to keep running?

I know that is confusing but any help is appreciated! Thanks!

P.S. This thread has been moved from Disk to ProLiant Servers (ML,DL,SL). -HP Forum Moderator

[cnb]

IMHO I would wipe the spare before using it in the mirror.

In theory, it shouldn't matter, but it depends upon the environment in use (Hot-plug vs non hot-plug, etc...). If you're using ACU and everything (firmware, drivers and utilities) is up to date, then most Smart Array controllers can weed out the good meta-data from the bad.

But I wouldn't chance it. If you have a spare open slot install the would-be spare and initialize it. Then swap out the faulty disk with the spare.

Some resources:
http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00300504/c00300504.pdf

Self-Repair Videos:

http://h20464.www2.hp.com/resultsCSR.htm?prodSeriesId=316529&MEID=84FA8318-FAD7-4110-B83A-7A2C2789DD1F

Drivers:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?prodNameId=3288130〈=en&cc=us&taskId=135&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=316529


Rgds,