Before you begin
• You have obtained the following items:
◦ Antistatic protection
Attention: Possible hardware damage – To prevent electrostatic discharge damage to the drive shelf, use proper
antistatic protection when handling drive shelf components.
◦ Replacement drive drawer
◦ Replacement left and right cable chains
◦ Flashlight
◦ Permanent marker
◦ You have installed SANtricity System Manager on a management station, so you can use the storage array's command
line interface (CLI)
Note: If this software has not yet been installed, follow the instructions in the
SANtricity System Manager Express
Guide
or the
SANtricity Power Guide for Advanced Users
for your operating system to download and install it.
Steps
1. Preparing to remove a drive drawer on page 2
2. Removing the cable chains on page 5
3. Removing a drive drawer on page 10
4. Installing a drive drawer on page 13
5. Attaching the cable chains on page 14
6. Reinstalling the drives on page 18
Related information
SANtricity System Manager 11.40 Installing and Configuring for Linux Express Guide
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SANtricity System Manager 11.40 Installing and Configuring for Windows Express Guide
SANtricity 11.40 Installing and Configuring for Linux Power Guide for Advanced Users
SANtricity 11.40 Installing and Configuring for VMware Power Guide for Advanced Users
SANtricity 11.40 Installing and Configuring for Windows Power Guide for Advanced Users
Preparing to remove a drive drawer
If the drive shelf 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. If the command fails, you will need to power off the
controller shelf before replacing the drawer.
Before you begin
Before issuing the CLI command, confirm that the drive shelf meets all of these conditions:
• The drive shelf cannot be over temperature.
• Both fans must be installed and have a status of Optimal.
• All drive shelf components must be in place.
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