Replacing parts
Use this topic to replace a hardware part.
Before you begin
For the following parts, place the host in Maintenance Mode.
Placing the host in Maintenance Mode
Memory
CPU
GPU
Mother board
HBA
Network
For cache disks or capacity disks:
Identify the failed drive to be replaced by referring to Identify a failed data drive.
Place the host in Maintenance Mode.
- Prepare for replacing the failed drive by referring to either of the following:
For a failed cache drive: Remove the failed cache disk from the disk group
For a failed capacity drive: Remove the failed capacity disk from the disk group
Make sure you save the data on your drive, especially if it is part of a RAID array, before you remove it from the server.
Before you make changes to disk drives, disk drive controllers, disk drive backplanes, or disk drive cables, back up all important data that is stored on hard disks.
Before you remove any component of a RAID array, back up all RAID configuration information.
If one or more NVMe solid-state drives are to be removed, make sure that the drive is shut down via the operating system (see the documentation for your operating system for information and instructions). The drive activity (green) LED is on solid for an NVMe drive that is shut down. See the labels above the drive bays to determine the type of the drive to remove. If the drive bay numbers come with the term “NVMe”, it indicates the installed drives are NVMe solid-state drives.
Procedure
Replace each part by referring to the following topics based on your ThinkAgile VX system:
After you finish
Complete the hardware replacement:
For memory, GPU, CPU, network, or HBA parts, update the firmware and drivers by referring to the following page:
For the system board:
Update the firmware and drivers.
Update the VPD for your specific machine type.
To determine the correct VPD update procedure, see the following topic:
Follow these instructions to update the VPD using XClarity Essentials OneCLI:
Configure the security settings and apply the latest best practice BIOS setting patterns.
For cache disks or capacity disks:
Recreate a disk group.
Update the firmware and drivers by referring to the ThinkAgile VX Best Recipe.
Exit Maintenance Mode.
For memory/GPU/CPU/network/HBA:
Update the firmware and drivers by referring to the ThinkAgile VX Best Recipe.
Exit Maintenance Mode.
For the system board:
Update the firmware and drivers.
Update the VPD.
See the following topic to find the VPD (SysInfoProdIdentifier) for your specific machine type:
Follow these instructions to update the VPD using XClarity Essentials OneCLI:
Configure the security settings and apply the latest best practice BIOS setting patterns.
Exit Maintenance Mode.
For cache disks or capacity disks:
Recreate a disk group.
Update the firmware and drivers by referring to the ThinkAgile VX Best Recipe.
Exit Maintenance Mode.