System Utilities and Procedures 3-13
101–1477–001
Edition 2
When you press any key, the Drive Replacement Utilities menu reappears.
On any Octel Overture 250 or 350 server with Aria 1.2, this prompt is not displayed, and the
utility automatically disables and deinstalls the failing system drive, then proceeds with system
drive replacement as it did for Aria 1.1.
On a non-GMR Octel Overture 250 that has two system drives, the SMT prompts you to
temporarily move the system drive being replaced to another slot so that the utility can try to
copy the messages on this system drive to the replacement drive. The copy might not succeed,
depending on the failure mode of the original drive. If the failing system drive cannot be enabled
in its new temporary slot, the ERROR – Failed spin control. Press any key to continue. prompt
appears. After you press any key, with Aria 1.2 the following new prompt appears:
WARNING – Unable to spin up the original System Drive X in slot Y.
If you continue all messages from the original System Drive X will be lost.
y – Continue and install the new System Drive.
n – Re-insert original System Drive into slot Y and try to spin up again.
Continue? (y/n):
If this prompt appears, you can reinsert the original system drive into its temporary slot, type N,
and press Return to try to enable the original system drive. You can type Y and press Return to
proceed with the installation of the new system drive; if you choose this option, the messages on
the original system drive are lost.
(The Replace Message Drive utility is unchanged from Aria 1.1.)
Hot-Plug Replacement of Tape Drive in Octel
Overture 250
Aria 1.1 supports an optional tape drive. After a tape drive is removed and reinstalled or replaced,
the server must be rebooted for the drive to become active again.
With Aria 1.2, you can physically install the tape drive in drive slot 6 in an Octel Overture 250
while the server is running. The tape drive is available as soon as it is installed. Rebooting is not
required as it was for Aria 1.1. This capability also applies to a hard-disk drive installed in slot 6.
The tape drive’s red light remains on until the drive is accessed; this is not an error condition.
When you install or replace a tape drive on an Octel Overture 250 that has Aria 1.2 software,
use the Installing a Tape-Backup Drive on an Octel Overture 250 Installation Instructions,
P/N 181–1173–001; do not shut down or power off the server.
