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Installing a new disk

Use the iprconfig utility to install a new disk after the failed disk has been removed.

  1. Run the iprconfig utility by typing iprconfig.
  2. Select Concurrent Device Add. The resulting screen is similar to the following:
    +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
    |                             Concurrent Device Add                              |
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    |Choose a single location for add operations                                     |
    |  1=Select                                                                      |
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    |OPT Name   PCI/SCSI Location          Description               Status          |
    |--- ------ -------------------------- ------------------------- ----------------|
    |           0000:00:01.0/0:6:3:                                  Empty           |
    |           0000:00:01.0/0:6:4:                                  Empty           |
    |           0000:00:01.0/0:6:6:                                  Empty           |
    |           0000:00:01.0/0:6:7:                                  Empty           |
    |           0000:00:01.0/0:3:0:                                  Empty           |
    |           0002:00:01.0/1:0:3:                                  Empty           |
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    |e=Exit   q=Cancel   t=Toggle                                                    |
    +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  3. Select the location to install the device by typing 1; then, press Enter. If you do not see the location to install, press t to toggle the dual path locations.
  4. Verify the location of the device to install. The identify indicator should now be set. Press Enter.
  5. Install the physical disk into the system.
  6. Press Enter.
If a hot spare disk was available and kept your disk array protected throughout the failure, no additional steps are required because the hot spare has replaced the failed disk unit in the disk array, and the newly installed disk is available to be configured as a hot spare.

If a hot spare rebuild was not initiated by the controller, a rebuild needs to be initiated on the newly installed disk.