HP StorageWorks Enterprise Modular Library E-Series User Guide (AH876-96001, September 2007)

• The power LED is on and the ACT/LNK LEDs are off instead of g reen (see
“HP StorageWorks e2400- F C 2Gb interface controller” on page 57) .
•ThepowerLEDisoff.
•Youmightneedtofind out which tape drives are connected to each interface controller to identify
which interface controller to replace.
2. Use your backup software to stop all library activity and make sure the picker is empt y.
3. Turn off the power to the library.
4. Label the cables or write a note that shows the locations of all the cables plugged into the inter face
controller to make it easier to reconnect them later.
5. Unplug all cables from the interface contro ller.
6. Loosen the captive screws in the black ejector h andles at both ends of the interface controller.
Use a #1 Phillips screwdriver .
7. Push the ejector handles to the outside.
8. Pull the ejector hand les to remove the interface controller from the library.
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Figure49Removingthee2400-FC2Gbinterfacecontroller
Replacing an e2400-FC 2Gb interface controller
NOTE:
You can
install the interface controller in two locations in the library:
• Themiddleslotinthecardcageinthebasemodule.Youmustalwayshaveaninterfacecontroller
installed there.
• Any of
theslotsinthecardcageexpansionmodule.Youmusthaveoneinterfacecontrollerinstalled
there
for every four additional L TO2 or LTO3 tape drives that you install.
1.
Orient the interface controller as shown in Figure 49 on pa ge 86. Align the interface controller with
the guides in the slot in the card cage and slide the interface controller into the library.
2. Push the ejector handles to the inside to fully engage the interface controller into the backplane.
3. Tightenthecaptivescrewsinbothejectorhandles.
4. Plug the cables i nto the interface controller exactly as they were plugged into the original interface
controller (see the labels on the cables or the note that you wrote) .
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Removing and replacing parts