Hello

I have this very old array (CX4-120) that still needs to be kept running for a while longer. One of the vault disks is in "Requested bypass" state. Hot spare is ready but in Inactive state.

How to replace this disk? Can I just yank it out and put another in? The "Replace disk" option is available, but then I need to have USM installed on my local PC, which requires a login credentials to EMC's Powerlink which I don't have. No support available, login information was lost long before I joined the company.

Btw. I've already replaced one other vault disk, but here it was truly dead, state was removed, hot spare was activated in its place. Here I was pretty confident that I won't break anything, but with this "requested bypass" state I'm not sure. Is the disk in this state still used/operational? The fact that it's vault disk certainly doesn't help my case.

Any replies will be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Greg