A 73 GB Drive may be replaced with a 146 GB Drive on some products

Asset ID:	1-79-1911174.1
Update Date:	2018-05-03
Keywords:

Solution Type Predictive Self-Healing Sure

Solution 1911174.1 : A 73 GB Drive may be replaced with a 146 GB Drive on some products

Applies to:

Sun Fire E2900 Server
Sun Fire V1280 Server
Sun Fire V125 Server
Sun Fire V210 Server
Sun Fire V240 Server
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

To explain why a 146 GB disk is being used in place of a 73 GB disk in a disk replacement service event.

Scope

On the platforms listed in the Product Section a 146 GB disk is being used in place of a 73 GB disk

Details

Part Number 540-6600 a 540-6602 or 540-6064 may be sent as a replacement

540-6600 - 73.4GB - 10000 RPM, Disk Assembly with 1 bracket

540-6602 - 146.8GB - 10000 RPM, Disk Assembly with 1 bracket

540-6064 - 146.8GB - 10000 RPM, Disk Assembly with 1 bracket

All 3 disks are supported on the products listed. Mixing sizes of disks is supported on the products listed. Solaris Volume Manager supports replacing a smaller disk with a larger disk. Please refer to your Volume Manager Software Documentation for the detailed procedures.

Volume management References:
for SVM :    1010946.1 and https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19095-01/sfv880.srvr/index.html
for ZFS:     1002753.1


Please refer below documents while replacing with Larger Capacity hard disk for Smaller Capacity.
2332709.1

2287066.1

Note For Oracle Field Engineers:

Though the 540-6602 and 540-6064 are not listed as a replacement in the Official Substitution List the part will be recognized in the logistics system as being a valid replacement drive on the Products Specified in the Document

References

<NOTE:1002753.1> - How to Replace a Drive in Solaris[TM] ZFS
<NOTE:1955505.1> - Solaris Volume Manager (SVM) Replacing Disks with a Larger Disk than the Original, mirror different size disk partitions
<NOTE:1013107.1> - How to Identify BIOS and Solaris[TM] Hardware RAID Status
<NOTE:1010946.1> - General Guidance for Diagnosis (Disk Failures/Errors) and Replacing Internal Server Disks and JBOD Disks within Solaris

Attachments

This solution has no attachment