Replacing a Slicestor appliance operating system disk with SW Raid
About this task
Upon disk failure on a Slicestor appliance, obtain a replacement disk by contacting IBM Customer
Support.
Procedure
1. For this procedure, you do not need to turn the appliance off.
2. For an SW RAID, a single failed-drive no longer requires a full re-install of the OS. The bad drive can
now be swapped out, and then the system automatically recovers the raid array while syncing up the
new drive.
3. Replace disk.
Replacing a Slicestor appliance operating system disk
About this task
Upon disk failure on a Slicestor appliance, obtain a replacement disk by contacting IBM Customer
Support.
Procedure
1. Turn off the appliance.
2. Replace the operating system disk (see table for drive locations).
Table 1. Operating system drive locations
Appliance
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Slicestor
2210
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Slicestor
1440
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Slicestor
1440v2
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Slicestor
2440
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Slicestor
2440v2
3. Insert USB installation media.
4. Turn on the appliance and press the F11 key during the startup to enter the boot select menu.
5. Select the USB media to boot from, when the boot select menu appears.
6. Follow the next prompts and select Automated > OS drive install when presented.
7. Press the Enter key.
8. Wait for installation to complete and the appliance to reboot.
9. Remove the USB installation media after the reboot completes and the BIOS splash screen appears.
10. Reconfigure the network parameters: channel port, IP, gateway, netmask, manager IP, and system
parameters. See the IBM Appliance Configuration Guide for the procedure to configure a Slicestor
Device.
11. After the configuration for a device is complete, make a note of its fingerprint. Run system
fingerprint to verify this information when approving devices in the Manager.
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The Slicestor
Appliance is ready to use.
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Hardware Maintenance Guide
Operating system drive (bay 0) is internal to the box. Remove the lid, unplug the
drive, unscrew the mounting bracket, and unscrew the drive from the mounting
bracket.
Rear-mounted hot swap drive, top slot.
Rear-mounted hot swap drive, top slot.
Rear-mounted hot swap drive, top slot.
Rear-mounted hot swap drive, top slot.
Operating system drive location
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