IBM Partner Pavilion DS4100 User Manual

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2.

Use

the

DS4000

Storage

Manager

client

to

check

the

status

of

the

storage

server.

Correct

any

problems

that

are

reported.

3.

Perform

a

complete

backup

of

the

drives

that

you

are

replacing.

You

need

the

backup

to

restore

data

on

the

drives

later

in

this

procedure.

Attention:

When

you

handle

static-sensitive

devices,

take

precautions

to

avoid

damage

from

static

electricity.

For

details

about

handling

static-sensitive

devices,

see

“Handling

static-sensitive

devices”

on

page

79.

4.

Unpack

the

new

drives.

Set

the

drives

on

a

dry,

level

surface

away

from

magnetic

fields.

Save

the

packing

material

and

documentation

in

case

you

need

to

return

the

drives.

5.

Perform

the

following

steps:

a.

Stop

all

I/O

activity

to

the

storage

server

and

attached

expansion

units.

Make

sure

that:

1)

All

of

the

green

Drive

activity

LEDs

on

the

front

of

the

storage

server

(and

on

all

attached

expansion

units)

are

not

flashing.

2)

The

green

Cache

active

LEDs

are

off

on

the

front

of

the

RAID

controllers.

b.

If

applicable,

use

the

operating

system

software

to

disconnect

the

storage

server

logical

drives

from

the

host

before

you

power

off

the

storage

server.

Attention:

To

turn

off

all

power

to

the

storage

server,

you

must

turn

off

both

power-supply

switches

and

disconnect

both

power

cords.

Use

the

procedure

in

step

6

for

the

proper

shutdown

sequence.

6.

Turn

off

the

power

to

each

device

based

on

the

following

shutdown

sequence:

a.

Turn

off

power

to

the

host

before

you

turn

off

power

to

the

storage

server.

If

the

host

must

stay

powered

on

to

support

an

existing

network,

see

the

operating

system

documentation

for

information

about

disconnecting

the

storage

server

logical

drives

from

the

host

before

the

storage

server

is

powered

off.

b.

Turn

off

power

to

the

storage

server

before

you

turn

off

power

to

the

expansion

units.

Turn

off

both

power

supply

switches

on

the

back

of

the

storage

server.

c.

Turn

off

power

to

other

supporting

devices

(for

example,

management

stations,

fibre-channel

switches,

or

Ethernet

switches).

Notes:

1)

You

do

not

need

to

perform

this

step

if

you

are

servicing

only

the

storage

server.

2)

Depending

on

your

operating

system,

you

might

not

have

to

restart

the

host.

For

more

information,

see

the

software

installation

guide

for

your

operating

system.

7.

Use

the

procedures

in

5

on

page

24

to

remove

the

drives

that

you

want

to

replace.

Use

the

procedures

in

“Installing

hot-swap

hard

disk

drives”

on

page

80

to

install

the

new

drives

into

the

storage

server.

8.

After

you

install

all

the

new

drives,

check

the

system

documentation

for

the

hardware

devices

that

you

intend

to

power

up,

and

then

determine

the

proper

startup

sequence.

Use

the

following

power-on

sequence,

where

applicable:

a.

Turn

on

the

power

to

the

supporting

devices

(for

example,

Ethernet

switches

and

management

stations)

before

you

turn

off

power

to

the

storage

server.

Chapter

5.

Installing

and

replacing

components

85

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