How To Install A Disk Drive - Sun Microsystems Enterprise 250 Owner's Manual

How to Install a Disk Drive

The system's disk "hot-plug" feature lets you install a disk drive without shutting
down the operating system or turning off the system power. For more
information, see:
"About Internal Disk Drives" on page 54
Before You Begin
You must follow antistatic precautions when handling a disk drive. For more
information, see:
"How to Avoid Electrostatic Discharge" on page 35
What to Do
1. Prepare the system to receive the new disk drive.
The hot-plug installation procedure involves software commands for preparing the
system prior to installing the disk drive. See "About Internal Disk Drives" on
page 54.
Note – If the server is set up without a local graphics console, terminal, or monitor,
you need to set up one of these options in order to issue software commands. See
"How to Attach an Alphanumeric Terminal" on page 20, or "How to Configure a
Local Graphics Console" on page 22.
2. If you are not hot-plugging the disk drive, halt the operating system and turn off
system power.
See "How to Power Off the System" on page 26.
3. Unlock the disk access door and swing it open.
4. Attach the antistatic wrist strap to a metal surface inside the system chassis.
5. Release the drive handle on the disk drive.
Use your thumb and forefinger to pinch the drive latch sideways to open it.
110 Sun Enterprise 250 Server Owner's Guide • June 1998