Chapter 5. installing and replacing components, Handling static-sensitive devices, Working with hot-swap hard disk drives – IBM Partner Pavilion DS4100 User Manual

Page 111: Chapter, Installing, Replacing, Components, Handling, Static-sensitive, Devices

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Chapter

5.

Installing

and

replacing

components

This

chapter

provides

instructions

to

help

you

install

or

remove

customer

replaceable

units

(CRUs),

such

as

hot-swap

drives,

fans,

RAID

controllers,

and

power

supplies.

This

chapter

also

provides

instructions

to

help

you

add

new

DS4000

EXP100

expansion

units

to

existing

DS4100

configuration.

For

more

CRU

and

Option

part

number

information,

see

the

following

Web

site:

www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk/

Handling

static-sensitive

devices

Attention:

Static

electricity

can

damage

electronic

devices

and

your

system.

To

avoid

damage,

keep

static-sensitive

devices

in

their

static-protective

packages

until

you

are

ready

to

install

them.

To

reduce

the

possibility

of

electrostatic

discharge,

observe

the

following

precautions:

v

Limit

your

movement.

Movement

can

cause

static

electricity

to

build

up

around

you.

v

Handle

the

device

carefully,

holding

it

by

its

edges

or

its

frame.

v

Do

not

touch

solder

joints,

pins,

or

exposed

printed

circuitry.

v

Do

not

leave

the

device

where

others

can

handle

and

possibly

damage

the

device.

v

While

the

device

is

still

in

its

static-protective

package,

touch

it

to

an

unpainted

metal

part

of

the

storage

server

for

at

least

two

seconds.

This

drains

static

electricity

from

the

package

and

from

your

body.

v

Remove

the

device

from

its

package

and

install

it

directly

into

your

storage

server

without

setting

it

down.

If

it

is

necessary

to

set

the

device

down,

place

it

in

its

static-protective

package.

Do

not

place

the

device

on

your

storage

server

cover

or

any

metal

surface.

v

Take

additional

care

when

handling

devices

during

cold

weather

because

heating

reduces

indoor

humidity

and

increases

static

electricity.

Working

with

hot-swap

hard

disk

drives

Drives

are

devices

that

the

system

uses

to

store

and

retrieve

data.

This

section

explains

how

you

can

increase

the

storage-server

capacity

by

adding

more

drives

or

replacing

existing

drives

with

ones

containing

a

larger

capacity.

Before

you

begin,

complete

the

following

tasks:

v

Read

the

safety

and

handling

guidelines

in

“Safety”

on

page

iii

and

in

“Handling

static-sensitive

devices”

on

page

18.

v

Ensure

that

your

current

system

configuration

is

working

properly.

v

Back

up

all

important

data

before

you

make

changes

to

data

storage

devices.

Attention:

Never

hot-swap

a

drive

CRU

when

its

green

Activity

LED

is

flashing.

Hot-swap

a

drive

CRU

only

when

its

amber

Fault

LED

is

completely

on

and

not

flashing

or

when

the

drive

is

inactive

with

the

green

Activity

LED

on

and

not

flashing.

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Copyright

IBM

Corp.

2004

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