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Replace the operating system drive

  1. Log in to the device as localadmin.
  2. At the command prompt, type poweroff. After the appliance is powered off, you can remove the power cord and network cables from the back of the chassis.
  3. Locate the drive by location label or failure LED.
  4. Press the release button on the drive carrier. This action extends the carrier handle, as shown in the following figure.
    Figure 1. Removing a drive from the chassis
    The release button and the handle.
  5. Pull the drive carrier out of the chassis by using the handle.
  6. Make sure that the drive carrier latch on new drive is open.
  7. Push the drive carrier with the new HDD into the chassis until significant resistance is encountered.
  8. Reclose the latch to fully seat the drive carrier into the chassis.
  9. Contact IBM Support to issue OS drive recovery.

Install an operating system on a drive

Note: To install an operating system (OS) on a drive, you need a USB flash drive, a computer that is running a Linux OS, a VGA-capable monitor, and a USB keyboard.
CAUTION:
The following procedure destroys any existing data on the USB flash drive.
  1. Download the installation ISOs from IBM.
  2. Insert the USB flash drive into the computer.
  3. Determine the name of this drive.
    #lsblk
  4. Determine that the drive is not mounted.
    #mount
  5. Copy the ClevOS ISO to the USB flash drive.
    #dd if=/{path}/{ClevOS}.iso of=/dev/{drivename} bs=1M
  6. When copying is done, remove the USB flash drive from the computer.
  7. Power down the device on which you want to install the OS.
    • If the device is in an unresponsive state, it can be powered down by PDU or by removing the power cables.
    • If the device is still responding, do the following steps.
      1. Log in to the device as localadmin.
      2. At the command prompt, type poweroff/
  8. Attach the USB keyboard and VGA monitor to the device.
  9. Insert the USB flash drive in the remaining USB port.
  10. Restart the machine while pressing F11 to enter the boot menu.
  11. In the boot menu, select USB Key and press Enter. The device loads the operating system, and the installer appears.
  12. In the installer, choose OS only install. When installation completes, the device reboots.
  13. After the device reboots, remove the USB flash drive.