Replacing a disk drive in the 8001-12C, 8001-22C, 8005-12N, or 8005-22N system

Learn how to replace a disk drive in the IBM® Power® System S821LC (8001-12C), the IBM Power System S822LC for Big Data (8001-22C), the IBM CS821 (8005-12N), or the IBM CS822 (8005-22N) systems.

1. Ensure that you have the electrostatic discharge (ESD) wrist strap attached. If not, attach it now.
2. Install a drive into the tray. Orient the drive such that the connectors are pointing to the rear of the drive.
   • A 3.5-inch drive fills the tray, as shown in Figure 1. Fasten the drive to the sides of the tray with four screws (two screws on each side).
     Figure 1. Mounting the 3.5-inch drive in the tray

     
   • A 2.5-inch drive slides into the rear of the tool-less drive carrier.
     1. Turn the tray upside down as shown in Figure 2.
     2. Open the retention spring (B) as shown in Figure 3.
     3. Place the 2.5-inch drive (A) into the tray, aligning the pins with the screw holes in the drive.
     4. When the pins are aligned, close the retention spring, allowing the pins to secure the drive in the tray.
     5. Turn the tray right side up.
     Figure 2. Turning the 2.5-inch tray upside-down

     
     Figure 3. Mounting the 2.5-inch drive in the tray

     
3. Support the drive by the bottom as you position the drive, and insert it into the drive slot.
   Important: Ensure that the drive is fully seated and is all the way into the system.
4. Lock the drive bay handle (A) by pushing in the handle release until it locks at (B) as shown in Figure 4.
   Figure 4. Disk drive lock detail

   
5. If you replaced an NVMe drive, power the system back on. For instructions, see Starting the 8001-12C, 8001-22C, 8005-12N, or 8005-22N system.
6. Configure the installed drive for your environment.
   After you insert the new drive, you need to rescan for the device.

   Ubuntu Linux operating system

   To run the rescan-scsi-bus command in the Ubuntu Linux operating system, log in to the system as the root user, and run the following command:

   rescan-scsi-bus

   The rescan-scsi-bus tool is available in the scsitools package; install the package by using the following command:

   sudo apt-get install scsitools

   Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 7.2

   To run the rescan command in the REHL version 7.2 operating system, log in to the system as the root user, and run the command:

   rescan-scsi-bus.sh -a

   The rescan-scsi-bus tool is available in the sg3_utils package; install the package by using the following command:

   yum install sg3_utils

   You can also want to refer to: Adding a Storage Device or Path.

7. Load or restore data from your backup media.