Replace Drive (24-Drive); Prepare To Replace Drive (24-Drive) - Fujitsu ETERNUS AB Series Maintaining Hardware

• Keep the drive in the ESD bag until you are ready to install it.
• Do not insert a metal tool or knife into the ESD bag.
Open the ESD bag by hand or cut the top off with a pair of scissors.
• Keep the ESD bag and any packing materials in case you must return a drive later.
• Always wear an ESD wrist strap grounded to an unpainted surface on your storage enclosure chassis.
If a wrist strap is unavailable, touch an unpainted surface on your storage enclosure chassis before
handling the drive.
• Handle drives carefully:
• Always use two hands when removing, installing, or carrying a drive.
• Never force a drive into a shelf, and use gentle, firm pressure to completely engage the drive latch.
• Place drives on cushioned surfaces, and never stack drives on top of each other.
• Do not bump drives against other surfaces.
• Before removing a drive from a shelf, unlatch the handle and wait 30 seconds for the drive to spin
down.
• Always use approved packaging when shipping drives.
• Avoid magnetic fields:
• Keep drives away from magnetic devices.
Magnetic fields can destroy all data on the drive and cause irreparable damage to the drive circuitry.

Replace drive (24-drive)

The Recovery Guru in SANtricity System Manager monitors the drives in the storage array and can notify you
of an impending drive failure or an actual drive failure. When a drive has failed, its amber Attention LED is on.
You can hot-swap a failed drive while the storage array is receiving I/O.
Related concepts
Drives overview on page 41
Requirements for handling drives

Prepare to replace drive (24-drive)

You prepare to replace a drive by checking the Recovery Guru in SANtricity System Manager and completing
any prerequisite steps. Then, you can locate the failed component.
Procedure
1. If the Recovery Guru in SANtricity System Manager has notified you of an impending drive failure, but the
drive has not yet failed, follow the instructions in the Recovery Guru to fail the drive.
2. If needed, use SANtricity System Manager to confirm you have a suitable replacement drive.
a) Select Hardware.
b) Select the failed drive on the shelf graphic.
c) Click the drive to display its context menu, and then select View settings.
d) Confirm that the replacement drive has a capacity equal to or greater than the drive you are replacing
and that it has the features you expect.
For example, do not attempt to replace a hard disk drive (HDD) with a solid-state drive (SSD). Similarly,
if you are replacing a secure-capable drive, make sure the replacement drive is also secure-capable.
3. If needed, use SANtricity System Manager to locate the drive within your storage array: From the drive's
context menu, select Turn on locator light.
The drive's Attention LED (amber) blinks so you can identify which drive to replace.
Note: If you are replacing a drive in a shelf that has a bezel, you must remove the bezel to see the drive
LEDs.
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