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Replacing a disk shelf in a rack

About replacing a disk shelf  Top

Replacing a disk shelf consists of the following procedures:

Removing a disk shelf from a rack  Top

To remove a disk shelf from an R150 rack, complete the following steps.

Step

Action

1

Put on the antistatic wrist strap and grounding leash.

2

Shut down the storage engine by entering the following command at the console:

halt

Caution
Always use the halt command to perform a clean shutdown.

3

Verify that the LCD display at the front of the storage engine displays the following message:

Halted
4

Turn off and unplug the power to the storage engine and the disk shelf.

5

Disconnect the two disk shelf power cords from the disk shelf.

6

Disconnect the SCSI adapter cable connecting the disk shelf and storage engine.

7

Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the screws securing the R150 disk shelf to the Telco tray or the center-of-gravity bracket.

8

With the help of another person, remove the disk shelf from the rack.

WARNING
Because the disk shelf is very heavy when fully loaded, it is advised that at least two people remove the disk shelf.

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