Replacing a disk drive from the 8335-GTB system

Follow these steps to replace a disk drive in the IBM® Power® System S822LC (8335-GTB) system.

1. Ensure that you have the electrostatic discharge (ESD) wrist strap attached. If not, attach it now.
2. Hold the drive by the top and bottom edges 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.
3. Lock the drive bay handle (A) by pushing in the handle release. See Figure 1.
   Figure 1. Disk drive lock detail

   
4. 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 may also want to refer to: Adding a Storage Device or Path

   Verify that the new drive is active with the following command:

   lsscsi

5. Load or restore data from your backup media.