IBM SY33-0193-00 manual Replacement Disk Drives, Exchanging a Non-Array Disk Drive

Removing

and

Replacing

FRUs

Exchanging

Disk

Drives

When

a

maintenance

procedure requires you to replace a faulty disk

drive

with

a

one,

first

check

whether

the

disk drive to be removed is a member

of

a

RAID

a

Ÿ If

the

disk

drive to

be

changed IS NOT a member of an array,

go

to

“Exchangi

an

Array

Disk”

on page 20.

ŸIf the disk drive to be changed IS a member of an array, go to “Exchanging Non-Array Disk Drive.”

Replacement Disk Drives

There

are two

points to note about

a disk

drive

you

are

installing

to

replace a

unit.

Ÿ If

the

replacement

disk drive

is

a

new

unit

from

the

factory,

or

one previous

in an AIX machine, it will be placed on

the

list

of New Resources. It must be

converted

to

a Free

Resource

before

it

can

be

used

by the

PC.

ŸIf the replacement disk was previously formatted as a member of a RAID array

different	system, it	will be	identified	as	a Pre-Configured disk. It must be c
to a Free	Resource	before	it can be	used	in the new system.

Exchanging a Non-Array Disk Drive

The procedure depends on whether you are using the DOS configurator or the RSM configurator.

Using the DOS Configurator

1. From the Main Menu, selectSSA Adapter List

2. Select the required adapter from the list displayed.

3.	From	the Adapter	Menu, DiskelectService		Aids .
4.	Select the disk		drive that you want			to	change.
	If	necessary use the		Identify function			to find the disk drive. Press	F9	(Flash
	the	Check light flashes		on the	selected		disk drive; press F10 (FlashOff)	to	remo
	the	function.

5. Put the disk drive into Service Mode.

Place the cursor on the disk drive entry and press F4.

6.Remove the old drive and replace it with a newHardwareone (see the unit Maintenance Manual).

7. Press Esc to exit from the Service Aids window.

This action automatically resets Service Mode on the new disk drive.

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