NetApp DE6600 - Preparing to Remove a Drive Drawer

Before you begin
You need these items for this procedure:
• Antistatic protection
Attention: Possible hardware damage – To prevent electrostatic discharge damage to the drive tray, use proper antistatic
protection when handling drive tray components.
• Replacement drive drawer
• Replacement left and right cable chains
• Orange cable chain removal tool
Note: The cable chain removal tool makes it easier to reach into the enclosure and easier to unplug the cable chain
connectors. If you do not have the tool, you can use your fingers to unplug the connectors.
• Flashlight
• Permanent marker
Steps
1. Preparing to remove a drive drawer on page 2
2. Removing the cable chains on page 4
3. Removing a drive drawer on page 9
4. Installing a drive drawer on page 11
5. Attaching the cable chains on page 13
Preparing to remove a drive drawer
If the drive tray is powered on, you must issue the Set Drawer Service Action Allowed Indicator CLI command to
prevent the controller from accessing the drive drawer. This command also allows you to determine if the drives in the drawer
are in volume groups or disk pools protected by Drawer Loss Protection.
Before you begin
Before issuing the CLI command, confirm that the drive tray meets all of these conditions:
• The drive tray cannot be over temperature.
• Both fans must be installed and have a status of Optimal.
• All drive tray components must be in place.
• The volumes in the drive drawer cannot be in a Degraded state.
Attention: Possible loss of data access – If a volume is already in a Degraded state, and you remove drives from the drive
drawer, the volume can fail.
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Replacing a Drive Drawer in a 60-Drive Tray