Sun Microsystems 6900 Series, 3900 Series manual Replacing the Master Midplane

Replacing the Master Midplane

Follow this procedure when replacing the master midplane in a Sun StorEdge T3+ array. This procedure is detailed in the Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment User’s Guide.

▼To Replace the Master Midplane

1.Choose Maintenance --> General Maintenance -- > Maintain Devices.

Refer to Chapter 3 of the Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment User’s Guide.

2.In the Maintain Devices window, delete the device that is to be replaced.

3.Choose Maintenance -- > General Maintenance -- > Discovery.

4.In the Device Discovery window, rediscover the device.

5.Choose Maintenance -- > Topology Maintenance -- > Topology Snapshot.

a.Select the host that monitors the replaced FRU.

b.Click Create and Retrieve Selected Topologies.

c.Click Merge and Push Master Topology.

Conclusion

Any time a master midplane is replaced, you must rediscover the device using the procedure described above. This is especially important when the Storage Service Processor is replaced as a FRU, whether the Storage Service Processor is the master or the slave.

122 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series Troubleshooting Guide • March 2002