Compatible Disk Drives

TABLE 3-1 lists the disk drives that have been tested for use in the Sun Blade 6000 Disk Module.

**TABLE 3-1 Supported Disk Drives**
Capacity (GB)	Speed (RPM)	Part Number (With Bracket)	Manufacturer	Type	SAS/SATA
32	N/A	540-7841-xx	Intel	SSD	SATA
73	10K	540-7354-xx	Fujitsu	mecahnical	SAS
73	10K	540-7354-xx	Hitachi	mechanical	SAS
73	10K	540-7354-xx	Seagate	mechanical	SAS
73	15K	540-7361-xx	Seagate	mechanical	SAS
146	10K	540-7355-xx	Fujitsu	mechanical	SAS
146	10K	540-7355-xx	Hitachi	mechanical	SAS
146	10K	540-7355-xx	Seagate	mechanical	SAS
146	10K	540-7864-xx	Hitachi	mechanical	SAS
146	10K	540-7868-xx	Seagate	mechanical	SAS
300	10K	540-7868-xx	Seagate	mechanical	SAS
300	10K	540-7869-xx	Hitachi	mechanical	SAS

The following rules apply when mixing drives in the disk blade:

You can mix SAS disk drives with different specifications in a disk blade.
You can have up to eight SSD drives in the disk blade (for HBA requirements when using SSDs, see the Sun Blade 6000 Disk Module Administration Guide, 820-4922).

Note - Currently, the X4620A Sun Blade RAID 5 Expansion Module (Intel/Adaptec) does not support SSDs. Check the Sun Blade 6000 Disk Module Product Notes (820-1709) for the latest information.
Do not mix SSD and mechanical drives in a single RAID volume.
Do not mix SATA and SAS drives in a single RAID volume
Hot spares assigned to a volume must be of the same type as disks in the RAID volume (SAS or SATA; mechanical or SSD)

Inserting a Disk Drive

Caution - Before handling components, insert an antistatic wrist strap into the antistatic grounding receptacle on the front of the chassis. The system’s disk drives contain components that are extremely sensitive to static electricity.

To Insert a Disk

Remove the filler bracket from the disk drive slot (see FIGURE 3-1).

FIGURE 3-1 Removing a Disk Drive Slot Filler

Press the release button on the face of the disk drive to open the spring-loaded securing latch (see FIGURE 3-2).

FIGURE 3-2   Sun Blade 6000 Disk Module Drive

Figure Legend

  1   Release button

  2   Spring-loaded securing latch

Firmly push the disk drive into its bay in the disk module until it stops and the securing latch partially closes.

Caution - Do not force the securing latch. When you have pushed the disk drive into its bay in the disk module far enough, the securing latch will partially close and you should be able to finish closing the latch easily. If the securing latch does not close easily, firmly push the drive in further until the latch does close easily.

Close the securing latch all the way to complete the insertion.

Replacing a Disk Drive

On occasion, a disk drive might fail. The status of the drive is indicated by its LEDs, as shown in TABLE 3-2.

**TABLE 3-2 Drive Status LED Indicators**
LED Name	Description
Disk Drive Activity LED (green)	This LED has three states: On: Power is on and disk is present. Off: Disk is offline or absent. Blinking: Irregular blinking means normal disk activity. Steady, slow blink means RAID activity.
Disk Drive Fault and Locate LED (amber)	This LED has four states: On: Disk fault. Service action required. Off: Normal operation. Slow blink: Disk failure predicted. Fast blink: Locate function activated.
Ready-to-Remove LED (blue)	Not used.

A single disk failure does not cause a data failure when disks are configured as a mirrored RAID volume. When there is no hot-spare assigned to the mirror, the failed disk can be hot-swapped; when the new disk is inserted, the contents are automatically rebuilt from the rest of the array with no need to reconfigure the RAID parameters.

If the mirror was configured with a hot-spare, the mirror is automatically rebuilt with the hot-spare.

Caution - Possible data loss: You can remove the failed disk while the mirror is rebuilt to the hot-spare, but you must not insert a new disk in its place until the rebuilding of the mirror is completed. While data is being rebuilt, the green LED on the remaining drives will blink slowly. The rebuild process can take a number of hours for large mirrors.

Caution - Possible data loss: You must not insert a disk that has been previously configured with a RAID volume into a new RAID volume. Before permanently removing a disk that is part of an active RAID volume, use the appropriate RAID tool to delete the RAID volume from the disk.

To Replace a Disk

The Sun Blade 6000 Disk Module disks can be replaced by users. Follow these steps to remove and replace a disk drive:

Observe the front panel disk drive LEDs and identify the defective disk as indicated by its fault LED (see The Sun Blade 6000 Disk Module Front Panel).

Execute software commands, if appropriate, to isolate and prepare the disk drive for removal.

Press the button on the face of the disk to release the spring-loaded securing latch. See FIGURE 3-3 and FIGURE 3-4.

Grasp the securing latch and remove the disk from the drive bay.

You can always remove a disk drive when it is out of the chassis (see FIGURE 3-3). Disks in the Sun Blade 6000 Disk Module are hot-pluggable, so you can also remove a disk when the disk module is installed in the chassis (see FIGURE 3-4).

Caution - Slots should always contain either a disk drive or a filler in order to maintain adequate air flow. Do not operate the system with slots that are empty. Always insert a filler when you remove a disk drive from a slot.

FIGURE 3-3 Removing the Disk Drive After Removing the Disk Module

Figure showing disk drive removal when disk
module is removed from chassis

FIGURE 3-4 Removing the Disk Drive Without Removing the Disk Module

Figure showing disk drive removal when disk
module is installed in chassis

Installing and Uninstalling Disks

Compatible Disk Drives

Inserting a Disk Drive

Replacing a Disk Drive