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Upgrading drives
Adding larger-capacity drives
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IBM TotalStorage FAStT600 Fibre Channel Storage Server: Installation and User's Guide
Figure 60. Drive latch on a hot-swap drive
e. Verify that there is proper identification (such as a label) on the drive CRU,
and then slide it completely out of the storage server.
5. Install the new drive CRU.
a. Gently push the drive CRU into the empty bay until the tray handle 2
touches the storage-server bezel.
b. Push the tray handle 2 down into the closed (latched) position.
6. Check the drive LEDs.
a. When a drive is ready for use, the green Activity LED is either on
continuously or rapidly flashing, and the amber Drive fault LED is off.
b. If the amber Drive fault LED is on and not flashing, remove the drive from
the unit and wait 10 seconds; then reinstall the drive.
7. If the drive is part of a defined RAID array, the array reconstruction (without
hot-spare) or copy-back (with hot-spare) operation automatically starts.
You can upgrade drives in the following two ways:
v By adding drives to empty slots in the storage server (see "Installing hot-swap
drives" on page 73)
v By replacing existing drives with larger capacity drives
This section provides guidelines for upgrading the drives in the storage server.
Read the software documentation and this entire section to determine if you should
use this procedure, use a modified version of this procedure, or use a different
procedure that is provided by your operating system. Instructions that are provided
with your software should supersede anything stated in this document.
There are two methods for upgrading drives:
v Replacing all the drives at the same time
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