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Replacing a Drive Drawer in a 60-Drive Tray

The steps to replace a failed drive drawer in an E-Series 60-drive tray depend on whether the volumes in the drawer are protected by Drawer Loss Protection. If all volumes in the drive drawer are in volume groups or disk pools that have Drawer Loss Protection, you can perform this procedure online. Otherwise, you must stop all host I/O activity and power off the tray before replacing the drive drawer.

This procedure applies to the following controller-drive trays and expansion drive trays:

Each of these 60-drive trays has five drive drawers.

And each of the five drawers can hold up to 12 drives.

Before you begin

You need these items for this procedure:
  • Antistatic protection
    Attention: Possible hardware damage – To prevent electrostatic discharge damage to the drive tray, use proper antistatic protection when handling drive tray components.
  • Replacement drive drawer
  • Replacement left and right cable chains
  • Orange cable chain removal tool

    Note: The cable chain removal tool makes it easier to reach into the enclosure and easier to unplug the cable chain connectors. If you do not have the tool, you can use your fingers to unplug the connectors.
  • Flashlight
  • Permanent marker