Asset ID:	1-71-1347628.1
Update Date:	2012-01-26
Keywords:

---

Solution Type  Technical Instruction Sure

Solution  1347628.1 :   How to Remove and Replace a X4170 M2 Hard Disk Drive:ATR:2101:0  

In this Document
  Goal
  Solution
  References

---

Applies to:

Sun Fire X4170 M2 Server - Version: Not Applicable to Not Applicable - Release: N/A to N/A
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

How to Remove and Replace a X4170 M2 HDD

Solution

DISPATCH INSTRUCTIONS
- WHAT SKILLS DOES THE ENGINEER NEED: General Sun X64 Servers Knowledge
- TIME ESTIMATE: 30 minutes
- TASK COMPLEXITY: 0

FIELD ENGINEER INSTRUCTIONS:
- PROBLEM OVERVIEW: HDD Replacement
- WHAT STATE SHOULD THE SYSTEM BE IN TO BE READY TO PERFORM THE
RESOLUTION ACTIVITY?:
If the Storage drives is a hot-plugged, you are able to remove or install without shutting down the server.

If the Storage drives is a cold-plugged (removed when power is off).The server must be offline.

You must to review the storage drive configuration.

You must power off the server, if the storage drive:

â–  Contains the operating system, and the operating system is not mirrored on
another drive.
â–  Cannot be logically isolated from the online operations of the server.

- WHAT ACTION DOES THE ENGINEER NEED TO TAKE:
Drive Status LEDs :
Blue : OK to Remove / Amber : Service Required / Green : OK/Activity

Caution - Always Attach an antistatic wrist strap.

Remove a Disk Drive

1. Identify the drive you wish to remove. The amber Service Action Required LED on the drive might be lit.
2. Determine if the drive can be hot-plugged, or cold-plugged.
3. Do one of the following:
     a. To hot-plug a drive:
        1. Unconfigure the drive, as required. You must take the drive offline before you can safely remove it.
        2. Wait until the blue OK to Remove LED becomes lit, the blue LED indicates that the drive is unconfigured and can be removed.
     b. To cold-plug a drive:
        1. You must power off the server before you can safely remove the drive.
4. On the disk drive filler panel you want to remove, push the release button to open the latch.
5. Grasp the latch and pull the filler panel out of the drive slot.

Caution – The latch is not an ejector. Do not bend it too far to the right. Doing so can damage the latch.

Install a Disk Drive

1. If necessary, remove the drive fillers from the chassis.
2. Determine the drive slot location for the replacement drive(the replacement drive, must installed in the same slot as the drive that was removed).
3. Verify that the release lever on the disk drive is fully opened.
4. Slide the drive into the drive slot until it is fully seated.
5. Close the latch to lock the drive in place.
6. Do one of the following:
     1. If you have cold-swapped the drive, restore power to the server.
     2. If you have hot-plugged the drive, configure the disk drive. Refer to the Sun Disk Management Overview (820-6350) for information.

OBTAIN CUSTOMER ACCEPTANCE
- WHAT ACTION DOES THE CUSTOMER NEED TO TAKE TO RETURN THE SYSTEM TO
AN OPERATIONAL STATE:
For hot plug, configure the drive and verify drive availability.
Use appropriate software commands to re-activate/re-sync mirror if manual intervention is required

PARTS NOTE:
https://support.oracle.com/handbook_private/Systems/SunFireX4170_M2/components.html#Disks

REFERENCE INFORMATION:

Sun Fire X4170 M2 Server Service Manual
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19762-01/E22369-02/index.html

Detailed SVM instructions can be found at
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19253-01/816-4520/troubleshoottasks-96/index.html

See Document 1010946.1 for Detailed Veritas Volume Manager instructions.
See Document 1002753.1 for Detailed ZFS instructions

References

<NOTE:1010946.1> - General Guidance for Diagnosis and Replacing SCSI/SAS/SATA/FC-AL Disks running on Oracle Servers with Solaris
<NOTE:1002753.1> - How to replace a drive in Solaris[TM] ZFS

Attachments

This solution has no attachment