Sun Fire X4640 Server
 

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Oracle Confidential PARTNER - Available to partners (SUN).
Reason: CRU CAP

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Goal

How to Replace a Sun Fire X4640 HDD.

Solution

DISPATCH INSTRUCTIONS

WHAT SKILLS DOES THE FIELD ENGINEER/ADMINISTRATOR NEED:
No special skills required, Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU) procedure

TIME ESTIMATE: 30 minutes

TASK COMPLEXITY: 0

FIELD ENGINEER/ADMINISTRATOR INSTRUCTIONS:

PROBLEM OVERVIEW: A Sun Fire X4640 HDD needs replacement

WHAT STATE SHOULD THE SYSTEM BE IN TO BE READY TO PERFORM THE RESOLUTION ACTIVITY? :

Component is hot swappable but needs to be offlined first.

The BIOS RAID utility or Operating System should be configured by the customer such that the disk drive is free for replacement.
E.g. The disk may be part of BIOS RAID configuration, Volume Management software, mounted file-system, raw partitions, etc.
A data backup is recommended as a precaution and may be required to restore data onto a replaced disk.
Orderly shutdown of applications and OS may be required if the disk being replaced is the boot device and no mirroring is in place. Customer will need to restore/recover from backup
NOTE: If the system has less than 4 x HDDs, filler panels must be present in the empty drive slots to ensure proper cooling.

WHAT ACTIONS TO TAKE:
1. Locate the hard disk drive to be replaced by viewing the LED on the front of the drives. If middle LED is amber, this indicates the drive is faulty
2. Ensure the correct hard disk drive is being replaced and label if necessary. Press the button on the front to release the spring loaded lever.
3. Grasp the handle and remove the drive from the bay
4. Open the latch of the replacement hard disk drive and insert into the bay
5. Push the drive into the bay until it stops. Close the spring loaded lever handle to engage the hard disk drive to the hard disk backplane

ACTIONS TO RETURN THE SYSTEM TO AN OPERATIONAL STATE:
1. Verify drive availability.
2. Use appropriate software commands to re-activate/re-sync mirror if manual intervention is required.

PARTS NOTE: None

REFERENCE INFORMATION:
Sun Fire x4640 Servers Service Manual - http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19273-01/

Detailed SVM instructions can be found at
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19253-01/816-4520/troubleshoottasks-96/index.html

See Document 1010946.1 for Detailed Veritas Volume Manager instructions.
See Document 1002753.1 for Detailed ZFS instructions

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