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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 a 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. The LCD on the storage engine displays Halted when the system is halted.

3

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

4

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

5

Disconnect any disk shelf cables from the target disk shelf.

6

Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the screws securing the disk shelf to the Telco tray or the mid-mount bracket.

7

Remove the disk shelf from the rack.

WARNING
At least two people must remove the disk shelf, because it is very heavy when fully loaded.

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