Support Strategy for Replacing a 8TB HDD in SPARC Based Systems

Asset ID:	1-71-2376948.1
Update Date:	2018-04-20
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Solution 2376948.1 : Support Strategy for Replacing a 8TB HDD in SPARC Based Systems

Applies to:

Oracle SuperCluster M7 Hardware - Version All Versions and later
Oracle SuperCluster T5-8 Hardware - Version All Versions and later
MiniCluster S7-2 Hardware - Version All Versions and later
Oracle SuperCluster M6-32 Hardware - Version All Versions and later
Oracle SuperCluster M8 Hardware - Version All Versions and later
SPARC

Goal

BEFORE CONTINUING with the order for a replacement of a 8TB HDD, please ENSURE you have READ and UNDERSTAND the information contained in this document.

Failure to ADHERE to this document WILL result in delays to Customer problem resolution.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The 8TB HDD (Part numbers 7301588 & 7301592 ) has very LIMITED AVAILABILITY, a replacement 8TB HDD will be provided.

Updating your software to the recommended version code will help to expedite part replacements. See Table below for recommended software versions needed.

SW versions
Product	Supported SW
Oracle SuperCluster M8	Supported Since Release
Oracle SuperCluster M7	Jan 2018 QFSDP
Oracle SuperCluster M6-32	Jan 2018 QFSDP
Oracle SuperCluster T5-8	Jan 2018 QFSDP
Oracle MiniCluster S7-2	Sep 2017 (SW 1.2.2.3)

OPC SPARC T7 Compute Rack

AK 8.7.0 or higher

Solution

To use the replacement 8TB HDD (Part numbers 7337414 & 7334977) as a replacement part,
use this table to reference the substitute

8TB HDD
Old Drive FRU	SPARC Platform Where Used	Alternate Drive FRU
7301588	SuperCluster M8 SuperCluster M7 SuperCluster M6-32 SuperCluster T5-8 MiniCluster S7-2	7337414
7301592	SuperCluster M7 MiniCluster S7-2	7334977

then note from the table above the supported software release version for the product that will support the new replacement drive (alternate FRU).

Please follow the appropriate Administration Guide for the said product for the correct software upgrade process. Documents are provided below as references to assist with the upgrade process.

References

<NOTE:2314169.1> - Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance: Support Strategy for Replacing a HGST HUH728080AL5200 8TB HDD

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