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Prepare to replace the chassis - AFF A1K

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Prepare to replace the impaired chassis in your AFF A1K system by identifying the impaired chassis, verifying the replacement components, and labeling the cables and controller module.

Step 1: Locate and monitor your system

You should open a console session and save sessions logs for future reference, and also turn on the system location LED to find the impaired chassis.

Steps

  1. Connect to the serial console port to interface with and monitor the system.

  2. Locate and turn on the controller's Location LED:

    1. Use the system controller location-led show command to show the current state of the location LED.

    2. Change the state of the location LED to "on":

      system controller location-led modify -node node1 -state on

      The Location LED remains lit for 30 minutes.

Step 2: Verify replacement components

You should verify that you received the necessary components, remove them from packaging, and save the packaging.

Steps

  1. Before opening the packaging, you should look at the packaging label and verify:

    • Component part number.

    • Part description.

    • Quantity in the box.

  2. Remove the contents from the packaging and use the packaging to returning the failed component to NetApp.

Step 3: Label the cables

You should label the cables before removing them from the I/O modules on the back of the system.

Steps

  1. Label all the cables associated with the storage system. This aids recabling later in this procedure.

  2. If you are not already properly grounded, ground yourself.

What's next?

After you’ve prepared to replace your AFF A1K chassis hardware, you need to shut down the controller.