This section explains how to replace hardware components in your platform's nodes.

For detailed instructions, see the documentation from your hardware vendor.

Locating a Failed Drive

Gold-Tier hardware doesn’t use predefined drive mapping or panel LEDs to indicate drive health.

To Locate a Failed Drive by using the Web UI

  1. Log in to Qumulo Core.

  2. Click Cluster > Overview and then click the name of the node with a failed drive.

  3. On the page for the node, under Drive Details, the serial number for the failed drive is listed.

  4. Use the failed drive’s serial number and a server management tool to determine the physical location of the failed drive.

Initializing a Replacement Boot Drive

After you replace the boot drive, you must initialize the replacement boot drive by using the Qumulo Core Installer.

To Initialize the Replacement Boot Drive

  1. To get the correct version of the Qumulo Core Installer for the node in your cluster, contact the Qumulo Care team.

  2. Create a Qumulo Core USB Drive Installer.

  3. Power on your node, enter the boot menu, and select your USB drive.

    The Qumulo Core Installer begins to run automatically.

  4. When prompted, take the following steps:

    1. Select [x] Perform maintenance.

    2. Select [1] Boot drive reset.

    The Qumulo Core Installer initializes the boot drive.

  5. After the process is complete reboot your node.

    Your node rejoins the cluster automatically.