The rear of the interior assembly is shown below.ĭisk 1 is the lower drive it is connected to the right connector of the printed circuit board assembly. Unplug the both cables from the hard disk drives. There are no screws in the two holes indicated on the bottom of the interior assembly. Remove the screws from the top and bottom of the interior assembly. Take careful note of the locations of the hard drive mounting screws so that during reassembly the hard disk drive mounting screws can be replaced in the same locations. To remove either of the hard drives, it is necessary to remove the screws from both of the hard drives. Orient the rear panel with fan attached to slide through the outer sleeve. Slide the rear panel and interior assembly out of the outer sleeve.ĥ. Remove the four screws from the bottom of the unit.Ĥ. NOTE: Do not remove the two screws that fasten the cooling fan to the rear panel. Remove the screws from the four corners of the rear panel. This information can be found by clicking on Disks under the Settings tab in the StorCenter Manager tool.įigure 1: Disk Settings page displaying a Disk 2 failure.
Handle the drive with care as it can be permanently damaged if dropped. Do not touch the hard disk drive’s green printed circuit board. Question Replacing the StorCenter ix2 Hard Drive Answer To replace a StorCenter ix2 hard drive: NOTES: These instructions require a P0 or P1 Phillips screwdriver Take care in handling the component parts during this procedure.