IBM SY33-0193-00 manual Configurator, Guide, Using, Rsm, Exchanging an Array

8. Repeat the procedure given above for any other disk drive that you are changing

9.If necessary, convert the newly-installed disk drive into a free resource (see th configurator information IBMin theSerialRAID Adapter: Installation and User's

Guide).

Using the	RSM	Configurator
1. Start	the	RSM configurator and select the appropriate adapter from the Adapter
List.

2. On the Adapter View page, select the Physical View.

3. On the Physical View page, select the disk drive you want to change.

4. On	the Disk View page,		click	on	the Service		Mode button	at the	bottom of	the pa
to	put the disk into service mode.
If	necessary use the	Identify			function	to	find the actual disk drive. Click FlashO
the	Check light flashes	on	the	selected		disk	drive; click	FlashOff	to remove	the

function.

5. You	can	now remove the faulty disk drive and insert		the	replacement.
6. To	reset	Service Mode on the new disk,	move back to	the	Physical View page and
click on		the Reset Service Mode button	at the base	of	the page.

If necessary, convert the newly-installed disk drive into a free resource (see th configurator information IBMin theSerialRAID Adapter: Installation and User's

Guide).

Exchanging an Array	Disk
This	section describes how a disk is logically removed from an array						and	replaced		by
compatible Free Resource. Such action could		be	necessay,	for example,			to	check	a
disk	drive that is giving a high level of	read/write errors			but	has	not	been	reject
the	array.
This	action is also necessary if an array	disk	develops	a	hard	fault	and	there		is

hot-spare available. If this happens, at the next write operation the faulty disk is

automatically de-configured

and moved

to

the

Rejected list. In

the

array,

the

faulty

is replaced by a Blank Reserved.

To

restore

the

array

to

its

full operational

status

need

to

replace

the Blank

Reserved

in

the

array

with

a

suitable

Free

Resource.

Note:

If

there

was a Hot-Spare

available

when

the array disk became faulty the

hot-spare is automatically

integrated

into

the

array

and

the

faulty

disk

moved

to

the

of Rejected disks. The procedure

in this event is to convert the Rejected disk to

resource, then change it as described

in

“Exchanging

a

Non-Array

Disk

Drive”

on

page 19. The new disk can

then

be

reassigned

as

a

Hot-Spare

to

replace

the

one

that

was

used.

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