Reference Guide
Replacing hardware
This section describes high-level tasks to replace components correctly within the Dell appliance solution.
Before you begin, for information about downloading the following required documents for the three hardware replacement tasks, see the
Documentation matrix section in the Support Matrix. The documents are:
• Hardware Replacement Documentation
• Dell XC730-16G Hyper-Converged Appliance Owner’s Manual
After you review these documents, proceed to hardware replacement tasks.
Topics:
• Replacing components with no cluster data
• Replacing failed front HDD and SSD components that contain cluster data
Replacing components with no cluster data
The hardware you can replace that involve no cluster data includes:
• System memory
• Cooling fans
• Network Daughter Cards or Network Interface Cards
• PSUs
1 In the Nutanix Hardware Replacement Guide, see the Failure of Components that do not Contain Cluster Data section and turn o
the node for the relevant hypervisor.
2 In the Dell XC730-16G Hyper-Converged Appliance Owner’s Manual, see the Installing and removing system components section and
replace the failed component.
3 See the Nutanix Hardware Replacement Documentation, see the Failure of Components that do not Contain Cluster Data section,
and then restart the node of the relevant hypervisor.
Replacing failed front HDD and SSD components that
contain cluster data
To replace the failed front HDDs and SSDs that contain cluster data, do the following:
1 In the Nutanix Hardware Replacement Documentation, see the Data Drive Failure section and identify the failed HDD or SSD.
2 In the Dell XC730-16G Hyper-Converged Appliance Owner’s Manual, see the Installing and removing system components, HDDs,
Removing a hot-swap hard drive, and Installing a hot-swap HDD sections.
NOTE
: New HDDs and SSDs being installed must have any foreign RAID conguration removed before being added to
the system. Otherwise, they will not be recognized by the CVM.
3 See the Nutanix Hardware Replacement Documentation again, see the Completing Data Drive Replacement section and complete the
replacement of the failed HDD or SSD.
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