21020690 B 6500 Disk Array User’s Guide
Chapter 4 Maintenance, Troubleshooting & Hardware Replacement
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Disk Drive
Removal
1. Perform top cover removal procedure as described previously.
2. Identify the drive to be replaced. As viewed from the top front of the
array, the drives are numbered as follows (from left to right):
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
3. Detach the drive’s power cable and data cable. (Detach the data cable
from both the controller board and the unit.)
4. Remove the two screws that secure the drive to the pla te above the
drives (see the figure below).
5. Slide the drive toward the rear of the enclosure until it is free of the card
guides and remove it from the array.
6. Using a screwdriver, detach the drive’s mounting bracket and save it for
use in installing the replacement drive.
Disk Drive Replacement
Reverse the steps above
Figure 25 Disk Drive Removal (Rear View)

Drive Setup

Requirements

Replacement disk drives from Ciprico are preconfigured, r eady for installati on
in the array. Replacement drive jumpers must be configu red to identify t he drive
as a “master” without a slave unit, or as “one-drive-only.”