FRU Replacement Guide
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4.3 Hard Disk Drive Replacement Procedure
The HDD on a Storage Node is an
HGST 500 GB SATA 6 Gb/sec drive
. It is hot swappable after being decommissioned
in the CMC.
Prerequisites
• Decommission the faulty drive in the CMC. For more information, see
Managing Hardware
in the
HGST Active
Archive System Administration Guide
.
• Obtain a replacement HDD from HGST.
Required Tools
• Ladder
• Long Phillips-head screwdriver
Time Estimate:
40 minutes.
To replace an HDD, proceed as follows:
1.
Obtain details about the decommissioned disk from the CMC.
a) In the CMC, navigate to
Dashboard
>
Administration
>
Hardware
>
Disks
>
Decommissioned
.
Figure 30: Decommissioned Disks in the CMC
b) Click the desired decommissioned disk.
The
decommissioned disk details
are displayed.
c) (Optional) Right-click anywhere in the decommissioned disk details, select
>
Print to PDF
.
The
decommissioned disk details
contains the following information, which you will need to refer to later:
• The device name.
• The model type and serial number.
• A
drive map
showing the exact location of the disk (name of data center, rack, and node).
• The node type.
• The MAC addresses of the node.
