Removing the SAS boot drive from the SAN Volume Controller 2145-CF8

You can remove the SAS boot drive from the SAN Volume Controller 2145-CF8.

1. Read the safety information to which Preparing to remove and replace parts refers.
2. Follow the procedure in MAP 5350: Powering off a SAN Volume Controller node to verify that the node data is mirrored and synchronized, and that there are no dependent virtual disks (VDisks) before turning off the node.
   
3. Slide the node out on its slide rails to the fully extended position.
   
   Fast path: You can perform this service procedure with the node in place. Slide the node out six inches to verify that the cover is in place, then return the node to its locked position.

   You can perform most service actions when the node is fully extended from the rack on its slide rails. You can leave the fibre-channel and Ethernet cables connected, if you are using the cable-management arm and if you are not removing the node from the rack. If the location of the node in the rack is too high or too low to work comfortably, you can remove the node from the rack.

4. Optional: If you must remove the node from the rack to work on it, perform the following procedure to remove all cables and remove the node from the rack:
   1. Pull back the cable-management arm if you are working from the rear of the rack, or slide the node out of the rack to the fully extended rail position if you are working from the front.
      
   2. When the node is completely turned off, remove the cable-retention brackets and disconnect the power cables, as described in Removing the cable-retention bracket.
      
   3. To make sure that you can replace all cables in the same ports from which they were removed, label the port position of each fibre-channel and Ethernet cable; then remove all cables from the back of the node.
      
   4. Remove the node from the rack and place it on a flat, static-protective surface. See Removing the SAN Volume Controller from a rack.
      
5. Make sure that the cover is in place and fully closed.
   Attention: To avoid damage to the disk drive connectors, make sure that the cover is in place and fully closed whenever you install or remove the hard-disk drive.
6. Remove the service controller. See Removing the service controller.
   

   You do not have to disconnect the service controller cable. You can suspend the service controller by its cable or rest the service controller on another surface while removing and replacing the drive.

7. Slide the orange release latch ( 1  in Figure 1) gently to the left to unlock the drive handle of the boot drive in drive bay 4, which is the top, right drive bay.
   Figure 1. Boot drive for the SAN Volume Controller 2145-CF8

   

   •  1  Boot-drive release latch (in drive bay 4)
   •  2  Service-controller USB cable (in drive bay 5)
   •  3  Service controller
   •  4  Drive bay filler panel (shown in drive bay 1, but also in all other unused drive bays)
8. Grasp the open drive handle and slide the drive out of the drive bay.
   Figure 2. Drive-bay filler panel and disk-drive handle for the SAN Volume Controller 2145-CF8

   

   •  1  Drive bay blank EMC filler assembly (used in all empty drive bays)
   •  2  Handle of SAS disk drive
9. If you are instructed to return the drive assembly, follow all packaging instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.