Storage system shutdown and powerup, Shutting down the storage system, Powering up the storage system – HP 3000 Enterprise Virtual Array User Manual

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Storage system shutdown and powerup

The storage system is shut down using HP Command View EVA. The shutdown process performs the

following functions in the indicated order:

1.

Flushes cache

2.

Removes power from the controllers

3.

Disables cache battery power

4.

Removes power from the drive enclosures

5.

Disconnects the system from HP Command View EVA

NOTE:

The storage system may take a long time to complete the necessary cache flush during controller

shutdown when snapshots are being used. The delay may be particularly long if multiple child snapshots

are used, or if there has been a large amount of write activity to the snapshot source Vdisk.

Shutting down the storage system

To shut the storage system down, perform the following steps:

1.

Start HP Command View EVA.

2.

Select the appropriate storage system in the Navigation pane.
The Initialized Storage System Properties window for the selected storage system opens.

3.

Click Shut down.
The Shutdown Options window opens.

4.

Under System Shutdown click Power Down. If you want to delay the initiation of the shutdown, enter

the number of minutes in the Shutdown delay field.
The controllers complete an orderly shutdown and then power off. The disk enclosures then power

off. Wait for the shutdown to complete.

5.

Turn off the power switch on the rear of each HSV controller.

6.

Turn off the circuit breakers on both of the EVA rack Power Distribution Units (PDU).

7.

If your management server is an SMA and you are not using it to manage other storage arrays, shut

down the SMA. From the SMA user interface, click Settings > Maintenance > Shutdown.

Powering up the storage system

To power up a storage system, perform the following steps:

1.

Verify that each fabric Fibre Channel switch to which the HSV controllers are connected is powered

up and fully booted. The power indicator on each switch should be on.
If you must power up the SAN switches, wait for them to complete their power-on boot process

before proceeding. This may take several minutes.

2.

If the management server you shut down is an SMA, power it on and wait for it to completely boot.

Verify the SMA is running by logging into it using the web interface.

NOTE:

Before applying power to the rack, ensure that the power switch on each HSV controller

is off.

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