Replacing a flash drive: 2145-CG8 or 2145-CF8

You can remove an installed flash drive from a SAN Volume Controller 2145-CG8 or 2145-CF8 node.

Before you begin

If you are installing a high-speed SAS adapter (feature code 4500) and one to four flash drives (feature code 4601), use the instructions that come with each MES update to install and configure the high-speed SAS adapter and each flash drive.

About this task

This procedure describes how to replace a flash drive that was installed and configured, but then removed.

Each of the SAN Volume Controller 2145-CG8 or 2145-CF8 nodes support from one to four 2.5-inch Flash drives in addition to the required boot drive.

To replace the flash drive from the SAN Volume Controller 2145-CG8 or 2145-CF8, complete the following steps:

Procedure

Read the safety information to which Preparing to remove and replace parts refers.
If the service controller is in place, press the release button on the side of the service controller assembly to release it from the node, but do not disconnect the USB service controller cable. Slide the service controller from the node and support it somewhere, if possible, or gently suspend the service controller from the service controller cable.
If the drive bay contains a drive-bay blank electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) filler assembly, remove the filler from the drive bay.
The electromagnetic interference (EMI) integrity and cooling of the node are protected by having all bays and PCI slots covered or occupied. When you install a drive, save the drive bay blank EMC filler assembly from the drive bay to cover any later removal of the device.
Touch the static-protective package that contains a new drive to any unpainted metal surface on the node; then, remove the drive from the package and place it on a static-protective surface.
Install the drive in the drive bay:
Attention: To avoid damage to the disk-drive connectors, ensure that the node cover is in place and fully closed whenever you remove or replace a disk drive.
1. Make sure that the tray handle is in the open (unlocked) position.
2. Align the drive assembly with the guide rails in the bay, as shown in Figure 1.
  Figure 1. SAN Volume Controller 2145-CG8 or 2145-CF8 drive and drive-bay filler
  - 1 Flash drive
  - 2 Drive handle
  - 3 Drive-bay blank electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) filler assembly
3. Gently push the drive assembly into the bay until the drive stops.
4. Rotate the tray handle to the closed (locked) position.
The system error LED and the DASD diagnostics panel LED turn on when a flash drive is removed from a drive bay. The system error LED and the DASD diagnostics panel LED turn off when the flash drive is replaced in the drive bay. If you do not replace the flash drive in the same drive bay, the system error LED and the DASD diagnostics panel LED remain lit. To clear the system error LED and the DASD diagnostics panel LED, turn off the node using the instructions given in MAP 5350: Powering off a node and remove both power cables.
If you are installing additional hot-swap flash drives, do so now.
Install the service controller. See Replacing the service controller.
If you removed the node from the rack, replace the node in the rack, as described in Replacing a node in a rack.
Make sure that all cables, adapters, and other components are installed and seated correctly and that you have not left loose tools or parts inside the node. Make sure that all internal cables are correctly routed. If you disconnected the Fibre Channel and Ethernet cables, make sure that each cable is reconnected to the same port from which it was removed.
If you removed the power cords, replace the power cords and the cable-retention brackets, as described in Replacing the cable-retention bracket.
If you turned off the node during the service procedure, turn on the node.