Hello

You should be able to just swap out the drive with a replacement. If a replacement drive is inserted into the same slot then a rebuild should start automatically. You can read more about the controller in the manual.

http://www.dell.com/storagecontrollermanuals/

Thanks

Thank you for the reply,

Is there anyway to confirm that the controller will automatically re-build? I read somewhere that hot-swapping must be enable (and it is by default) but since I didn't setup this RAID, I'm unsure what the exact settings for it are.

Hot swap is not something you enable or disable with your system. There may be systems that allow it to be enabled/disabled, but I'm not aware of any. The H710 supports hotswap, and if you have a system configuration with a backplane then the system supports hotswap. If the drives are cabled, requiring you to open the case and disconnect cables to remove them, then they are not hotswap.

Once you replace the drive the status LED on the disk should start flashing green to indicate a rebuild in progress. You can also boot to the controller BIOS to check the status. You can find more information about status LEDs in the system and controller manuals.

http://www.dell.com/support/

http://www.dell.com/storagecontrollermanuals/

Understood,

The configuration is built using the backplane (HDD tray & rail system accessible via front of the machine). To be clear; I should keep the machine powered on during the drive swap & leave it powered on at-least until the rebuild finishes, and the status light on the replaced drive is showing usage (twitching green)?

Forgive me if i'm being over-cautious; just want to make sure i'm not making any rookie mistakes.

-Cake27