Maintaining disk drives

Replacing a single boot disk or replacing data disks

If you are replacing a single boot disk or a data disk, you can hot-plug the disk drives without shutting down the system.

To remove and replace a single boot disk or a data disk:

1.Unlock and open the front door.

2.Identify which disk drives must be replaced.

3.Enter the following commands: cd /

luxadm probe

The name of the fiber channel loop is displayed.

Found Enclosure:

SUNWGS INT FCBPL Name:FCloop Node WWN:508002000016b5b0 Logical Path:/dev/es/ses0

4.Record the name of the fiber channel loop. In this example, the name is FCloop.

5.Enter:

luxadm display loop_name

where loop_name is the name of the fiber channel loop. Example:

luxadm display FCloop

The slot number for every disk in the system is displayed.

Avaya CMS Sun Fire V880/V890 Installation, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting

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