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Chapter 4 ’Servicing’ — Replacing a Diskless Node of your System
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Replacing a Diskless Node of your System
To replace a diskless node of your system, you need to configure the
BIOS of the new node. After that, the process is basically the same as for
declaring a new node.
Contact your
Thomson Video Networks
sales representative to buy a
new node.
Configuring the BIOS of the New Node
The process is exactly the same as when adding a new diskless node.
Follow all steps of the procedure described in
Section ’Configuring the
BIOS of a Diskless Node’ on page 150.
Replacing a Node
To replace the node, proceed as follows:
1. Remove the node from your VS7000:
™ For a 1-RU server: switch off the front panel and then power the
device off.
™ For a blade server: remove the blade (no specific precautions to
take).
2. Insert the new node at the old one’s location:
™ For a 1-RU server: cable the device and start it using the front
panel.
™
For a blade server: insert the new blade and start it using the
front panel.
3.
In the GUI, click New license request , then Discover . The new node is
displayed in the Available nodes list.
4.
Select the node to replace from the Nodes to use list and put it in the
Available nodes list.
5.
Inversely, select the new node from the Available nodes list and put it
in the Nodes to use list.
6. Click Generate license request .
7. Enter a name for the resulting file (without the extension) and validate.
8. Send this request file to your Thomson Video Networks sales
representative. When you receive the new license file to download,
refer to
Section ’Declaring a New License File’ on page 161 to know
how to declare it.