RE: Installing my First Concurrent Disk Drive - Any Tips?

Where are you located?  If northern CA I can make time to be there for
insurance/hand holding.  It is really simple to add drives when you have
the empty slots.  Just read what you type, keep people away from you so
you do not get side tracked.  Leave pager and cell phone on your desk.
Relax and take your time.  (Make the boss think it is a long and
involved process so you have time to relax. ;-)
Insert the drive half way before hitting enter on the console.  When the
led flashes, push it the rest of the way in.

You have had the drive in the same room as the tower it is to be
installed in, right.  It should be at room temp before you install it.
I will line up all the drives in the slots half way in the morning and
finish off after normal business hours.  Really nothing to worry about.

One question: Are you running raid 1 or 5?  If so, think about how you
are going to add one drive to the raid set.  If not, just add to the ASP
& have the system balance. 


Christopher Bipes
Information Services Director
CrossCheck, Inc.

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DebbieKelemen
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 7:02 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: Installing my First Concurrent Disk Drive - Any Tips?

I'm going to install my first disk drive today on our i5 in a concurrent
mode.  Any tips from you guys who have done it already?

I've ready the instructions about 5 times now.  I have the drive
location
(in the expansion rack) where I will be placing it documented.  It seems
too
easy to be true.  It seems like I must be over looking something.

There isn't anything in the current slot for me to remove, so do I need
to
use the wrist strap?  I guess I probably should since I'm handling disk
drives but I wasn't sure.

Any tips would be appreciated.  I don't want to bring the company to a
screeching halt in the middle of the day....but it wouldn't be the first
time I've done it.  :)