How to Replace a Hard Drive on HP bl460c?

Asset ID:	1-71-2106344.1
Update Date:	2017-08-14
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Solution 2106344.1 : How to Replace a Hard Drive on HP bl460c?

Applies to:

BNS Platform Hardware - Version DSR 5.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

Replace a Hard Drive (also referred to as hdd or disk drive) on an HP bl460c.

Solution

This procedure assumes that the HDD is verified to be of same size and type as other in the blade.

IMPORTANT: If not logged in as root (e.g. if using 'admusr'), preface commands with 'sudo'
Example:

sudo hpacucli ctrl all show config

If DSR 7.0 or later, 'hpacucli' is replaced with 'hpssacli'
Example:

sudo hpssacli ctrl all show config

Procedure

Log in as 'root' or 'admusr' to the hpBL460 blade where the disk is to be replaced.
Determine the Controller Slot and Physical Drive Slot info for use in subsequent commands:
[root@server ~]# hpacucli ctrl all show config
Example output:
Smart Array P220i in Slot 0 (Embedded) (sn: LETT3RNUMB3RM1X)
array A (SAS, Unused Space: 0 MB)
logicaldrive 1 (838.3 GB, RAID 1, FAILED)
physicaldrive 1I:1:1 (port 1I:box 1:bay 1, SAS, 900.1 GB, FAILED)
physicaldrive 1I:1:2 (port 1I:box 1:bay 2, SAS, 900.1 GB, OK)
IMPORTANT PARTS ABOVE: - 'Slot #'
- physicaldrive 1I:1:#
With information from (1) above, turn blue light on for the affected drive:[root@server ~]# hpacucli ctrl slot=# physicaldrive 1I:1:# modify led=on
Next, remove the hard drive that has illuminated as follows:
1. Facing the blade:
  1. hpBL460c Gen 8 has disk 1 on the RIGHT, disk 2 on the LEFT
  2. hpBL460c Gen 6 has disk 1 on the TOP, disk 2 on the BOTTOM
2. Press the red ejector latch to release the disk handle
3. Grasp the handle
4. Slide the failed drive from the server.
. Replace the hard drive.
1. On the new drive, press the red ejector latch to release the disk handle
2. Slide the new drive into the empty bay until it connects to the backplane
3. Press the handle so that it snaps into place under the ejector latch.
With information from (1) above, turn blue light off for the drive:
[root@server ~]# hpacucli ctrl slot=# physicaldrive 1I:1:# modify led=off
Check physical drive status, using Slot information from (1)
[root@server ~]# hpacucli ctrl slot=# pd all show status
Check logical drive status, using Slot information from (1)
[root@server ~]# hpacucli ctrl slot=# ld all show status
Monitor progress by repeating (6) until it reaches 100% and 'syscheck' returns no error.
Verify syscheck returns clean, especially the modules in class 'disk'
[root@server ~]# syscheck
Note: If syscheck returns errors indicating
* smart: FAILURE:: MINOR::5000000000000800 -- Server Disk Self Test Warning
with errors too many block reassigns, FailedReadSmartSeflTestLog, or FailedReadSmartData, then perform the following steps:
1. Reconfigure syscheck:
  [root@server ~]# syscheck --reconfig disk smart
2. Restart smart deamon:
  [root@server ~]# service smartd restart
3. Verify issue is fixed
  [root@server ~]# syscheck disk smart

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