Replace the disk drive

  1. Find the package that contains the new disk drive.
    Attention: Disk drives are fragile. Handle them with care.
  2. Remove the disk drive from its protective package.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
    2. Press in and then tighten the thumbscrew B to secure the bezel to the disk drive.
      Figure 27. Attaching a bezel to the disk drive
      Graphic of attaching a disk-drive bezel to the disk drive.
  5. From the IBM(R) Power RAID Configuration Utility display, select Work with disk unit recovery. Press Enter.
  6. From the Work with Disk Unit Recovery display, select Concurrent add device. Press Enter.

    A Concurrent Device Add display similar to the following is shown.

    Figure 28. Example Concurrent Device Add display
                                         Concurrent Device Add
    
    Choose a single location for add operations
      1=Select
    
    OPT Name   PCI/SCSI Location          Description               Status
    --- ------ -------------------------- ------------------------- -----------------
               0000:41:01.0.1/0:5:                                  Empty
               0000:41:01.0.1/1:8:                                  Empty
               0001:61:01.0.2/0:8:                                  Empty
  7. Type option1 (Select) next to the location from which you removed the disk drive.

    The Verify Device Concurrent Add display is shown.

  8. Press Enter on the Verify Device Concurrent Add display. The Complete Device Concurrent Add display is shown.
  9. 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.
  10. Slide the disk drive all the way 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 29. Installing a disk drive in a model 51x or 710
    Graphic of installing a disk drive in the system unit.
    Figure 30. Installing a disk drive in a model 285, 52x, 55x, 9116-561, 570, 720, or 7311-D20
    Graphic of installing a disk drive in the system unit.
  11. Press Enter on the Complete Device Concurrent Add display to indicate that the disk drive is installed.
  12. Rebuild the data on the replacement disk drive. For instructions, go to Rebuild data on a replacement disk drive using Linux.
  13. Go to Verifying a repair