Replace the disk drive

Find the package that contains the new disk drive.
Attention: Disk drives are fragile. Handle with care.
Remove the disk drive from its protective package.
Unlock the disk drive handle by squeezing and pulling it out toward you before you install the disk drive. If the handle is not all the way out, the disk drive will not slide into the system or expansion unit.
Follow these steps to install the disk-drive bezel on the replacement disk drive:
1. Attach the bezel A to the disk drive, as shown in the following figure.
  Figure 15. Attaching a bezel to the disk drive
2. Press in and then tighten the thumbscrew B to secure the bezel to the disk drive.
Select Device Concurrent maintenance from the Work with Disk Unit Recovery display. Press Enter.
Enter either the physical location code or the PCI/SCSI location from which you removed the disk drive. Press Enter.
Specify action as 2 (Install device).
Enter a time value in minutes, allowing enough time for you to install the new disk drive.
The concurrent maintenance light for the slot indicates that you can install the disk drive.

Press Enter. A Device Concurrent Maintenance Action display is shown, similar to the following display.

Figure 16. Example Device Concurrent Action Maintenance display

                      Device Concurrent Maintenance Action

 Installation of device:
    Location: U0.1-P1-I4/Z1-A8


  You have 1 minute to perform the operation

  During this time, your system can seem unresponsive




c=Confirm    q=Cancel

Enter c to confirm that you want to install the disk drive in the specified location.
A Device Concurrent Maintenance Action In Progress display similar to the following is shown.
Figure 17. Example Device Concurrent Maintenance Action In Progress display
```
                Device Concurrent Maintenance Action In Progress


Please insert the device located in:
    Location: U0.1-P1-I4/Z1-A8
```
Support the bottom of the disk drive as you align it with the guide rails in the system or expansion unit. Do not hold the disk drive by the handle.
Slide the disk drive all the way in into the system or expansion unit and then lock it in place by pushing in the disk drive handle as shown in Replace the disk drive or Replace the disk drive.
Figure 18. Installing a disk drive in a model 51x or 710

Figure 19. Installing a disk drive in a model 285, 52x, 55x, 9116-561, 570, 720, or 7311-D20

The concurrent maintenance light for the slot stops blinking and remains on when you have installed the disk drive properly.
Rebuild the data on the replacement disk drive. For instructions, go to Rebuild data on a replacement disk drive using Linux.
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