Replace the disk drive

  1. Find the package that contains the new disk drive.
    Attention: Disk drives are fragile. Handle 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.
      Figure 16. Attaching a bezel to the disk drive
      Graphic of attaching a disk-drive bezel to the disk drive.
    2. Press in and then tighten the thumbscrew B to secure the bezel to the disk drive.
  5. Select Device Concurrent maintenance from the Work with Disk Unit Recovery display. Press Enter.
  6. Enter either the physical location code or the PCI/SCSI location from which you removed the disk drive. Press Enter.
  7. Specify action as 2 (Install device).
  8. 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.

  9. Press Enter. A Device Concurrent Maintenance Action display is shown, similar to the following display.
    Figure 17. 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
  10. 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 18. 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
    
  11. 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.
  12. 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 Figure 19 or Figure 20.
    Figure 19. Installing a disk drive in a model 51x or 710
    Graphic of installing a disk drive.
    Figure 20. Installing a disk drive in a model 285, 52x, 55x, 9116-561, 570, 720, or 7311-D20
    Graphic of installing a disk drive.

    The concurrent maintenance light for the slot stops blinking and remains on when you have installed the disk drive properly.

  13. Rebuild the data on the replacement disk drive. For instructions, go to Rebuild data on a replacement disk drive using Linux.
  14. Go to Verifying a repair.