Installing Disk Drives Into The Primary Storage Shelf - VERITAS Velocity 7330 Hardware Installation Manual

Installing disk drives into the Primary Storage
Shelf
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With one person on each side and one person in front, carefully lift the storage
shelf.
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Place the rear of the shelf into the rear of the extended rails.
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Slide the shelf partially into the rack and remove the two rear metal handles.
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Lift the front of the storage shelf up slightly, then slide it completely into the
rack until it engages securely.
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Remove the two front metal handles.
See "Determining the rack location"
Note: Power should not be applied to the storage shelves when you initially install
all of the drives, such as when installing a new shelf.
Each storage shelf has 5 disk drawers, and each drawer holds 12 disks. All 60 disk
drives must be installed.
To help reduce the installation time, Veritas recommends that two people perform
the disk installation. One person should unwrap the disk drive and lift the handle,
then hand it to the other person to install it into the drawer. Both people should wear
ESD protection.
Note: If disks are not installed correctly when power is turned on later, errors are
shown in the hardware monitoring systems. The first place to look for information
is the Velocity shell menu. Use the
To install the disk drives into the storage shelf
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Move all disk drive boxes to the storage shelf location and open each box. Do
not remove any disks or their protective sleeves at this time.
2
Attach an ESD protective (anti-static) wrist strap to one wrist and connect the
other end to the rack.

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