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Contents
Chapter 15 - System components AVA-400, AVA-800 .........................................................................183
AltaVault appliance components ..................................................................................................................183
System chassis specifications................................................................................................................184
What you need to know about expansion shelves.................................................................................184
Using LEDs to check the status of the system..............................................................................................185
Field replaceable units ..................................................................................................................................187
Slot numbering and associated components..........................................................................................188
Fan modules and their LEDs ........................................................................................................................188
Fan redundancy policy ..........................................................................................................................190
Power supplies and their LEDs ....................................................................................................................191
Power supply LED behaviors................................................................................................................191
Controller components and their LEDs ........................................................................................................193
Controller LED behaviors .....................................................................................................................193
Internal FRUs ...............................................................................................................................................196
Chapter 16 - System maintenance AVA-400, AVA-800 ........................................................................199
Accessing the Service Processor for remote management ...........................................................................200
Setting the Service Processor password ................................................................................................200
Configuring the Service Processor for remote management.................................................................200
Validating remote access via the Service Processor ..............................................................................202
Shutting down the AltaVault controller ........................................................................................................203
Replacing controllers....................................................................................................................................203
Installing a controller in a chassis.................................................................................................................206
Replacing a controller chassis ......................................................................................................................208
Hot-swapping controller fan modules ..........................................................................................................209
Hot-swapping controller power supplies ......................................................................................................212
Changing the shelf ID for a disk shelf..........................................................................................................215
Adding an additional RAID group to a configured appliance......................................................................216
Replacing a faulty hard disk drive on an AltaVault AVA400 or AVA800 appliance....................................218
Replacing internal FRUs .......................................................................................................
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Replacing a boot device in a controller ........................................................................................................219
Replacing system DIMMs ............................................................................................................................223
Replacing RAID controllers .........................................................................................................................227
Replacing the RTC clock coin battery..........................................................................................................227
Replacing disk shelf power supplies and other FRUs ..................................................................................230
Returning failed parts ...................................................................................................................................230
Disposing of batteries ...................................................................................................................................230