Replacing the StorCenter ix2 Hard Drive

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Replacing the StorCenter ix2 Hard Drive Question Replacing the StorCenter ix2 Hard Drive

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To replace a StorCenter ix2 hard drive:

NOTES:

These instructions require a P0 or P1 Phillips screwdriverTake care in handling the component parts during this procedure.Do not touch the hard disk drive’s green printed circuit board.Handle the drive with care as it can be permanently damaged if dropped.

1. Determine which hard drive has failed. This information can be found by clickingon Disks under the Settings tab in the StorCenter Manager tool.

Figure 1: Disk Settings page displaying a Disk 2 failure.

2. Remove the rear cover. Remove the screws from the four corners of the rearpanel.

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NOTE: Do not remove the two screws that fasten the cooling fan to the rearpanel.

3. Remove the four screws from the bottom of the unit.

4. Slide the rear panel and interior assembly out of the outer sleeve.

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5. Orient the rear panel with fan attached to slide through the outer sleeve.

6. To remove either of the hard drives, it is necessary to remove the screws fromboth of the hard drives. Take careful note of the locations of the hard drivemounting screws so that during reassembly the hard disk drive mounting screwscan be replaced in the same locations.

Remove the screws from the top and bottom of the interior assembly.

Bottom

There are no screws in the two holes indicated on the bottom of the interiorassembly.

Top

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7. Unplug the both cables from the hard disk drives.

The rear of the interior assembly is shown below.

Disk 1 is the lower drive; it is connected to the right connector of the printedcircuit board assembly.

Disk 2 is the upper drive; it is connected to the left connector of the printedcircuit board assembly.

8. Remove the faulty hard drive from the interior assembly; install the replacementhard drive.

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9. Replace the cables as they were positioned before disassembly.

10. Reinstall the hard disk drives by replacing the screws only in the originiallocations. Install all screws loosely until all screws are in place, then tighten allscrews.

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Do NOT put hard drive mounting screws in the two locations indicated on thebottom of the interior assembly.

11. Insert the interior assembly into the exterior sleeve oriented as per the photo.There is only one correct orientation. Note the bottom holes of the exteriorsleeve which are closest to the end of the sleeve must be oriented to the front ofthe interior assembly.

12. Install the four bottom screws loosely.

13. Install the four rear panel screws loosely.

14. Tighten the rear panel screws.

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Alignment of the rear panel and the red on/off switch is critical. As the rear panelscrews are tightened make certain that the red switch moves (clicks) freely in thehole in the rear panel.

15. After the rear panel screws are tight finish tightening the bottom mountingscrews.

16. Confirm that the switch still clicks. If it does not, loosen the rear panel screwsand adjust its location to allow free movement of the switch. Retighten the rearpanel screws.

17. Attach the StorCenter ix2 unit to the network and proceed with the RAID 1rebuild.