Owners Manual

Install the Front Bezel

To secure the storage system, install the front bezel.

Steps

1. Hook the right end of the replacement bezel onto the front panel of the storage system.

2. Insert the left end of the bezel into the securing slot until the release latch locks into place.

3. Secure the bezel with the keylock.

Hard Drives

The SC7020 series storage system supports hot-swappable hard drives.

• In the SC7020 storage system, a minimum of 4 SSDs or 7 drives must be installed in the chassis or in an expansion enclosure.

• In the SC7020F storage system, a minimum of 4 SSDs must be installed in the chassis or in an expansion enclosure.

The drives are installed from left to right, and then top to bottom. The first row of drives are numbered from 0–4 from left to right, the

second row of drives are numbered from 5–9 from left to right, and so on.

Storage Manager identifies drives as XX-YY, where XX is the number of the unit ID of the storage system and YY is the drive position

inside the storage system.

Figure 7. SC7020 Series Storage System Drive Numbering

Identify the Failed Drive

To determine which drive failed, use Storage Manager.

Steps

1. Click the Hardware tab.

2. In the Hardware tab navigation pane, select the Enclosures node.

3. Click the Disks tab.

4. Find the drive with the status of Down.

5. Record the location of the drive from the Name column.

Remove the Failed Drive

Use this procedure to remove a failed drive from the SC7020 series storage system.

Prerequisites

• Before removing the drive, make sure that the following alert is displayed in the Alerts tab of Storage Manager:

Drive # is ready to be removed., where # is the drive position in the storage system.

• Use Storage Manager to edit the Storage Center settings and set the operation mode of the Storage Center to Maintenance mode.

Steps

1. Remove the front bezel from the storage system.

2. Locate the failed hard drive in the storage system.

3. Press the release button to open the hard drive carrier release handle.

Replacing Storage System Components