Displaying versions system information, Shutting down the system – HP 6400.8400 Enterprise Virtual Array User Manual

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The system information displays show the system configuration, including the XCS version, the OCP
firmware and application programming interface (API) versions, and the enclosure address bus
programmable integrated circuit (PIC) configuration. You can only view, not change, this information.

Displaying versions system information

When you press

, the active display is Versions. From the Versions display you can determine

the:

OCP firmware version

Controller version

XCS version

NOTE:

The terms PPC, Sprite, Glue, SDC, CBIC, and Atlantis are for development purposes and

have no significance for normal operation.

NOTE:

When viewing the software or firmware version information, pressing

displays the

Versions Menu tree.

To display System Information:
1.

The default display alternates between the Storage System Name display and the World Wide
Name display.

Press any push-button to display the Storage System Menu Tree.

2.

Press

until the desired Versions Menu option appears, and then press

or

to move to

submenu items.

Shutting down the system

CAUTION:

To power off the system for more than 96 hours, use HP P6000 Command View.

You can use the Shutdown System function to implement the shutdown methods listed below. These
shutdown methods are explained in

Table 14 (page 45)

.

Shutting down the controller (see

“Shutting the controller down” (page 46)

).

Restarting the system (see

“Restarting the system” (page 46)

).

Uninitializing the system (see

“Uninitializing the system” (page 46)

).

To ensure that you do not mistakenly activate a shutdown procedure, the default state is always
NO, indicating do not implement this procedure. As a safeguard, implementing any shutdown
method requires you to complete at least two actions.

Table 14 Shutdown methods

Description

LCD prompt

Implementing this procedure establishes communications between the storage system
and HP P6000 Command View. This procedure is used to restore the controller to
an operational state where it can communicate with HP P6000 Command View.

Restart System?

Implementing this procedure initiates the sequential removal of controller power.
This ensures no data is lost. The reasons for implementing this procedure include
replacing a drive enclosure.

Power off system?

Implementing this procedure will cause the loss of all data. For a detailed discussion
of this procedure, see

“Uninitializing the system” (page 46)

.

Uninitialize?

Using the OCP

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