Installing Spares; Before You Begin; Checking For Defective Drives - Hitachi Simple Modular Storage 100 User Manual

Installing Spares

Your Hitachi Simple Modular Storage 100 contains two compartments that
can accommodate spare drives. The array's hot-swappable feature enables
you to add the drives without shutting down or turning off your Hitachi
Simple Modular Storage 100.
To install a spare drive, you need:
• A new drive that meets the requirements in step 2 below.
• A server connected to the management port of your Hitachi Simple
Modular Storage 100.

Before You Begin

Before you begin, observe the following guidelines:
• The new drive(s) must be the same type (SATA or SAS) as the others in
your Hitachi Simple Modular Storage 100.
• The new drive(s) must have the same capacity as the other drives in
your Hitachi Simple Modular Storage 100.
• Wear a wrist strap attached to chassis ground when performing this
procedure.

Checking for Defective Drives

Before installing a spare drive, use Storage Navigator 2 to see whether any
of the other drives are defective.
1. Start a Web browser and launch Storage Navigator 2.
2. Log in to Storage Navigator 2:
http://<IP address of management console PC>:23015/
StorageNavigatorModular/
3. In the Explorer pane and select Resources > Arrays.
4. If a Warning does not appear in the Status column, skip to
the Spare Drives on page
• Verify that the serial number shown in the Serial No. column
matches the one on your array (see
• In the Array Name column, click the name of the array that has
the Warning status.
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4-5. Otherwise:
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