High-level procedures for replacing components

Because the Lenovo Converged HX Series appliances are a combination of both software and hardware, it is important to follow the instructions in this section for changing any of the major hardware components.

Except for hot-swap components such as drives, fans, and power supplies, it is necessary to remove the appliance from the cluster and cleanly shutdown the hypervisor before changing the hardware. After replacing the hardware component the server and hypervisor can be restarted. For hardware it might be necessary to update the firmware configuration.

See also the Nutanix Hardware Replacement and Field Installation Guide Documentation.