Cisco Model D-PCG1000 PowerKEY CAS Gateway Installation Guide

Chapter 2 Replace a Disk Drive on a Sun Fire V445 Server

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Prepare to Replace the Hard Drive

Note: All the commands in this section should be executed as root user.

Identify the Device That Needs to be Replaced

1 If necessary, open an xterm window on the DNCS.
2 Type the following command and press Enter.

metastat | grep Maintenance

Result: Using the example established in

Verify Disk Drive Status (on page 51),

output should look similar to the following:

c1t4d0s5 0 No Maintenance Yes

c1t4d0s7 0 No Maintenance Yes

c1t4d0s3 0 No Maintenance Yes

c1t4d0s1 0 No Maintenance Yes

c1t4d0s0 0 No Maintenance Yes

Observations: Though multiple component devices have failed, they are all on
the same physical drive. The defective drive is c1t4.

Unconfigure the Defective Drive

1 From an xterm window on the DNCS, type the following command and press

Enter.

metadb

Result: Output should look similar to the following:

flags first blk block count

a m p luo 16 8192 /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s4

a p luo 16 8192 /dev/dsk/c1t1d0s4

a p luo 16 8192 /dev/dsk/c1t2d0s4

a p luo 16 8192 /dev/dsk/c1t3d0s4

W p l 16 8192 /dev/dsk/c1t4d0s4

a p luo 16 8192 /dev/dsk/c1t5d0s4

a p luo 16 8192 /dev/dsk/c1t6d0s4

a p luo 16 8192 /dev/dsk/c1t7d0s4

Notes:

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Any metadb that has a flag consisting of a capital letter (like "W" in this
example) needs to be removed and then re-added when the condition has
been corrected.