Grass Valley PFR 500/E Dec 10 2001 - Manual (Page 51)

Replacing all disk modules in a PFC500/E
November 17, 2000 PFC 500/E Instruction Manual 51
Replacing all disk modules in a PFC500/E
IMPORTANT: Grass Valley Group does not support mixing disk drives of differing
capacities in any RAID chassis connected to a Profile XP media platform. All disk
drives in any RAID chassis connected to a Profile XP media platform must be of the
same capacity. For example, if a PFC 500 and a PFC500E are connected to a
Profile XP system, all the disk drives in both the PFC500 and the PFC500E must
be of the same capacity.
In most cases, you will not need to replace more than one disk module at a time, and
you do so while the PFC 500/E is in operation without removing power. However, if
you are upgrading your PFC 500/E to use higher capacity or higher performance disk
modules, it is necessary to power down the system.
To power down a PFC500/E, refer to “PFC 500/E powerdown” on page 40.
Disk modules 0, 1, and 2 in the PFC 500 RAID Storage Chassis each store a copy of
the licensed internal code (LIC), which is the operating system and executable code
for the RCs. This code is not installed on replacement disk modules, but must be
transferred to the new disk modules. The following procedure guides you through the
installation, making sure that the LIC is safely transferred to the new disk modules.
IMPORTANT: Unbinding the LUNs in the PFC500/E renders all data on the disk
modules inaccessible. If you wish to preserve the data stored on the disk modules
prior to replacing them, be sure to transfer the data to another storage location
before you unbind the LUNs.
1. Unbind the LUNs in the PFC 500/E that contain the disk modules you are
replacing.
2. Power down the Profile XP system.
3. Power down the PFC500/E.
4. Remove the disk modules numbered 1 through 9 from the PFC500 Storage Chassis
leaving disk module 0 with the LIC installed, and remove all the disk modules from
the PFC 500/E RAID Expansion Chassis.
5. Install the replacement disk modules into slots 1 through 9 in the PFC500 Storage
Chassis, and into all slots in the PFC500/E RAID Expansion Chassis.
6. Power up the PFC500/E; allow disk module 0 in the PFC 500 Storage Chassis to
copy the LIC to disk modules 1 and 2.
7. When the copy operation is complete, power down the PFC500/E.
8. Remove the disk module from position 0 in the PFC 500 Storage Chassis and
replace it with the remaining replacement disk module.
9. Power up the PFC500/E; allow disk modules 1 and 2 in the PFC500 Storage
Chassis to copy the LIC to disk module 0.
10. When the copy operation is complete, power down the PFC500/E.
11. Power up the PFC500/E again, then power up the PVS1000.
12. Using the Profile disk utility described in the Profile XP System Guide, bind the
new disk modules in the PFC500/E into LUNs and create a new file system.