PowerEdge R410 hard drive failed on RAID 5

Several months ago I had 1 of 4 readers attend a SMART status = bad.  Tried several times to replace the disk with BIOS and Server Manager.  Unable to get the server to replace the disk.  Tried the update of the firmware of the controller, etc. The options that I needed to replace or rebuild all simply were not available.  Note that I have only 4 slots and all 4 slots are used, so I didn't use the fallback option.  So, I had to keep re-import as a foreign player even though the SMART State was bad.  I gave up and thought I'd just wait for the drive to fail.

Now, the reader has no a flashing yellow.  I plan to replace the drive Friday.  It's a Perc 6 / i controller.  I did several other replacements of RAID driver with no problems.  But there is no Dell/Perc.  Can I simply shoot the wrong drive and connect a new?  Or, should I close the server first?  What is the best way to replace the drive?  I have a backup underway, but would rather not have to use it.  Server is running Windows 2008 Standard 64-bit.

jonezzzman
So, I had to keep re-import as a foreign player even though the SMART State was bad.

You should NEVER do this.  The import is for configurations RAID has failed or off line (2 foreign readers in a RAID 5, for example).  Clear is when the single drive configuration has been marked by the controller as well as foreign, AND the table is running.  Importing a foreign configuration when the table is in place and running are a very quick way to corrupt/destroy the data.

jonezzzman
Note that I have only 4 slots and all 4 slots are used, so I didn't use the fallback option.

Number of slots and "hot spare option" is not bound.

If your replacement drive appears as foreign, you must first CLEAR the foreign configuration, THEN assigned as a hot spare to start reconstruction.

Force the drive offline first, then pull it HOT, then insert the replacement after 30 seconds or more.  Never stop a server to replace a hot drive.

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