Chapter 5
Replace Brick Spare Disk Drives
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To replace a spare disk drive in a Brick, perform the tasks that
are outlined in
.
Remove a Brick Spare Disk Drive
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, Guided
Maintenance continues the replacement process only if the
spare disk drive is not in use. If the spare disk drive is in use,
Guided Maintenance reports this fact. You can try again or
exit Guided Maintenance.
Table 41 Spare 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 spare disk drive FRU:
1
Remove a Brick Spare Disk Drive
to make room for
the spare disk drive replacement.
2
Insert a Brick Spare Disk Drive
to insert the spare
disk drive replacement.
Step 4 Verify Status
Performed as final step in spare disk drive
replacement.