
Chapter 5
Replace Brick RAID Controllers
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Remove a Brick RAID Controller
To help you identify the target Brick that has the FRU that
needs to be replaced, Guided Maintenance beacons the
bezel LEDs on the target Brick. If you choose Reverse
Identify in the GUI, Guided Maintenance beacons the LEDs
on all Bricks except for the target Brick.
After you click the Prepare System button in the GUI, if the
reconfiguration has not yet occurred, Guided Maintenance
reconfigures the target FC port group so that the data paths
that are supported by this port group fail over to the FC port
group on the partner CU. This failover causes the partner
RAID controller to take over all disk drives in the storage
array.
After the system is prepared, Guided Maintenance displays a
completion message and enables the Next button
To remove a RAID controller:
1 After Guided Maintenance enables the Next button in the
Prepare step, click the Next button.
2 If the Fibre Channel cables are not labled to show where
they connect on the RAID controller, make a notation that
shows which cable connects to which port.
3 When Guided Maintenance prompts you to remove the
RAID controller, disconnect all Fibre Channel cables from
the FC ports on the target controller.
Note: Carefully grasp the connector and, while pressing
the latch on the top of the connector, press the connector
gently
into
the socket. Then pull gently on the connector
to remove it.