8205-E6D With The Aix System Or Logical Partition Power Turned On; Preparing To Replace A Disk Drive Or Solid-State Drive - IBM 8202-E4B Manual

Removing and replacing a disk drive in the 5887 disk drive enclosure unit
Replacing a disk drive or solid-state drive in the 8202-E4B, 8202-E4C,
8202-E4D, 8205-E6B, 8205-E6C, or 8205-E6D with the AIX system or
logical partition power turned on
Learn how to install a disk drive or solid-state drive in a system or expansion unit with the AIX
operating system or logical partition that controls the drive location is powered on.
To replace a drive, you must first ensure that the slot it will occupy does not contain another drive or a
disk-drive filler. For the procedure to remove a drive, see "Removing the disk drive in the 8202-E4B,
8202-E4C, 8202-E4D, 8205-E6B, 8205-E6C, or 8205-E6D with the Linux system or logical partition power
turned on" on page 37. For the procedure to remove a disk drive filler, see "Removing a disk drive filler
from the 8202-E4B, 8202-E4C, 8202-E4D, 8205-E6B, 8205-E6C, or 8205-E6D" on page 92.
Attention: Review the following information to determine whether your situation requires a different
procedure to be completed instead of this one:
v If the drive that you are replacing is in the root volume group (rootvg) and it is not protected by either
Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) or mirroring, or to use the powered-off procedure, go
to "Replacing a disk drive or solid-state drive in the 8202-E4B, 8202-E4C, 8202-E4D, 8205-E6B,
8205-E6C, or 8205-E6D with the system or logical partition power turned off" on page 81.
v If you are installing a new or upgraded drive, see "Installing a disk drive or solid-state drive in the
8202-E4B, 8202-E4C, 8202-E4D, 8205-E6B, 8205-E6C, or 8205-E6D with the Linux system or logical
partition power turned on" on page 12.
If you are replacing a drive as part of a service procedure, continue to use the following procedure.
Note: Some of the figures in these procedures might not look exactly like the system or expansion unit
that you have. However, the steps to complete the task are the same.
Complete the following tasks to replace a drive:
v "Preparing to replace a disk drive or solid-state drive"
v "Preparing to replace a disk drive or solid-state drive by using the diagnostic command" on page 64
v Select from the following options:
– "Replacing a disk drive or solid-state drive in the 8202-E4B, 8202-E4C, 8202-E4D, 8205-E6B,
8205-E6C, or 8205-E6D system or expansion unit" on page 64
– "Replacing a solid-state drive in the 5888 PCIe storage enclosure" on page 65 (This drive enclosure
is supported for the 8202-E4C and 8205-E6C systems.)
– "Replacing a solid-state drive in the EDR1 PCIe storage enclosure" on page 66 (This drive enclosure
is supported for the 8202-E4D and 8205-E6D systems.)
Related information:
Removing and replacing a disk drive in the 5887 disk drive enclosure unit

Preparing to replace a disk drive or solid-state drive

Complete the following steps before replacing a disk drive or solid-state drive in a system or in an
expansion unit:
1. Complete the prerequisite tasks. For instructions, see "Before you begin" on page 137.
2. Find the package that contains the new drive.
Attention: Drives are fragile. Handle with care.
3. Remove the drive from the static-protective package.
Proceed to the procedure for preparing to replace a disk drive by using the diagnostic command.
Disk drives or solid-state drives
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