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Technical notes
EMC AX4-5 Series Integrated Management Software Release Notes
Disk module insertion and removal
When inserting or removing more than one disk module from a storage
system, you must pause between each removal and insertion to allow the
storage system to recover. Before inserting or removing the next disk
module you should make sure that:
A newly inserted disk module's amber light is off and its blue light
has returned to a normal state: on or blinking due to I/O in progress.
On a disk module removal, the blue lights for the other disk modules
return to a normal state: on or blinking due to I/O in progress.
The storage system appears to have resumed normal operation.
Database disk module replacement
You should replace disk module 0, 1 or 2 only when the storage system
is fully operational. The disk modules in these slots are FLARE OE
database disk modules. Each database disk module contains an image of
the storage-system configuration and current operating status. FLARE
OE software ensures that the newly inserted disk module has the correct
database information copied to it when it is installed while the storage
system is running. If you insert a disk module into one of these slots
when the storage system is powered off, the correct FLARE OE database
information is not written to the replaced database disk module. As a
result, storage-system configuration problems may occur when the
storage system is powered up or if another database disk module fails. If
you install a FLARE OE database disk module and you find that existing
virtual disks are not enabled, contact your service provider.
Software image disk module replacement
The FLARE software image is stored on disk modules 0 and 2 for the
AX4-5SC, AX4-5SCi and AX4-5SCF4 and disk modules 0, 1, 2 and 3 for
the AX4-5, AX4-5i and AX4-5F8. Disk modules 0 and 2 mirror the
software for the AX4-5SC, AX4-5SCi and AX4-5SCF4 SP, and also for SP
A on the AX4-5, AX4-5i and AX4-5F8. Disk modules 1 and 3 mirror the
software for SP B on the AX4-5, AX4-5i and AX4-5F8. You should never
remove and/or replace both disk modules in one of the mirrors at the
same time. If you do, no software exists to support that SP, and the SP
becomes nonfunctional.
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