Remove a Drive
1.
Locate the drive that you want to remove.
See
a.
drives in the server.
See
b.
2.
If required, shut down the OS to replace the drive.
Shut down the OS if the drive:
Contains the OS, and the OS is not mirrored on another drive.
■
Cannot be logically isolated from the online operations of the server.
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To shut down the drive, see
3.
Take the drive offline.
For a standard drive:
■
a.
b.
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SPARC T7-2 Server Service Manual • July 2019
"Front Panel Components (Service)" on page 13
"Determine Which Drive Is Faulty" on page
"Power Off the Server (Oracle ILOM)" on page 54
At the Oracle Solaris prompt, list all drives in the device tree, including
drives that are not configured.
# cfgadm -al
This command lists dynamically reconfigurable hardware resources and shows their
operational status. In this case, look for the status of the drive you plan to remove.
This information is listed in the Occupant column.
Ap_id Type Receptacle Occupant Condition
c0 scsi-bus connected configured unknown
c0::dsk/c1t0d0 disk connected configured unknown
c0::dsk/c1t0d0 disk connected configured unknown
usb0/1 unknown empty unconfigured ok
usb0/2 unknown empty unconfigured ok
...
You must unconfigure any drive you plan to remove.
Unconfigure the drive using the cfgadm -c unconfigure command.
For example:
# cfgadm -c unconfigure c0::dsk/c1t1d0
for the locations of the
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and go to step 5.
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