Removing A Hard Disk Drive - Sun Microsystems Sun Cobalt Control Station Maintaining And Upgrading The Hardware

To replace a failed hard disk drive, there are a number of steps involved. These
steps are explained in the following sections.
1. Power down the control station. See "Powering down" in the PDF Using the
LCD Console.
2. Open the case of the control station.
3. Remove the failed hard disk drive.
4. Install a new hard disk drive.
5. Close the case of the control station.
6. Reboot the control station. When rebooting, the system automatically detects
the new hard disk drive.
The control station automatically synchronizes the new hard disk drive to the
existing hard disk drive so that the server will be able to provide disk
mirroring (RAID-1).
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Note: During the synchronization process, the Sun Cobalt Control
Station cannot provide disk mirroring.

Removing a hard disk drive

First, remove the top cover of the control station; see "Opening the Sun Cobalt
Control Station" on page 2.
To remove a hard disk drive:
1. Unplug the IDE cable from the hard disk drive (see Figure 4).
2. Unplug the power cable from the hard disk drive (see Figure 5).
3. Remove the screw that attaches the hard-disk-drive bracket to the chassis.
4. Slide the bracket off the metal tabs on the chassis and lift the bracket and
hard disk drive off.
5. On the underside of the bracket, remove the four screws that attach the hard
disk drive to the bracket.
6. Remove the hard disk drive from the bracket.
Upgrading the Hardware—Sun Cobalt Control Station
Replacing a hard disk drive
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