
Chapter 5
Replace Brick Disk Drives
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To replace a Brick’s disk drive, perform the tasks that are
outlined in
Important!
If a second disk drive in a given RAID array fails
before the data on the first drive has been rebuilt to the spare
disk drive, you should immediately repair both disk drives.
CAUTION
Do not replace more than one disk drive at a time.
Replacement of more than one disk drive at the same time
causes data loss. Allow a disk drive replacement to rebuild
before you replace another disk drive. The rebuild operation
can take several hours, depending on the capacity of the
Brick.
Table 33 Disk drive replacement tasks
Guided Maintenance
Task
Step 1 Identify
Identify the Target FRU (Optional)
Step 2 Prepare
Prepare the System for FRU Replacement
Step 3 Replace
Replace the disk drive FRU:
1
to gain access to the disk
drive.
2
to make room for the
disk drive replacement.
3
to insert the disk drive
replacement.
4
to reattach the bezel.
Step 4 Verify Status
Performed as final step in disk drive replacement.
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