a. Power off the tower or expansion tower. (see “Powering On and
Powering Off the System and Logical Partitions” on page 922)
b. Disconnect the power cord from the tower or expansion tower.
c. Open the front cover. (See “FC 5074, FC 5079, FC 9079 – Covers” on
page 623.)
d. Pull on the handles which are located on each side of the unit and
remove the unit.
e. Install the new device by reversing the removal procedure. After
exchanging an item, go to “Verifying the Repair” on page 920.
f. If you need to remove a tape from the old tape unit, see “Tape
Cartridge – Manual Removal” on page 701.
g. If you need to remove a CD-ROM or DVD media, go to “Optical
Media – Manual Removal” on page 704, and then continue with the
next step of this procedure.
This ends the procedure.
3. Before exchanging a removable media unit, you must ensure that the unit is not
in use and is varied off.
4. Use the figure to determine the location of the internal removable media unit.
Record this location for later use.
5. Perform the following:
a. Select System Service Tools (SST). If you cannot get to SST, select DST.
Do not perform a system IPL to get to DST.
b. Select the Start a Service Tool option.
c. Select the Hardware Service Manager option.
d. Select Device Concurrent Maintenance and enter the required information in
the information fields. Do not press the Enter key at this time.
e. Read the remaining steps of this procedure and ensure that you understand
the procedure before continuing.
f. Press the Enter key on the console. After the delay time, the light at the top
right of the device will begin flashing. You now have 9 seconds to pull out
firmly on the handles and pull the unit partially out of the tower.
Attention: If you remove the device when the light is not flashing, data
may be lost, the unit may be damaged, or the backplane may be damaged.
Note: The light at the top right of the device will go off and remain off as
soon as the device is no longer making contact with the backplane.
g. Remove the unit from the tower.
v If you need to remove a tape from the old tape unit, see “Tape Cartridge
– Manual Removal” on page 701.
Figure 16. Internal removable media locations
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