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b Reconnect the B-side cables to exclude the expansion enclosure from the chain. Click Next to validate the cabling.
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Click Finish.
Release the Drives in the Expansion Enclosure
Release the drives in an expansion enclosure before removing the expansion enclosure.
About this task
Because releasing drives causes all of the data to move off the drives, this procedure might take some time.
NOTE:
Do not release drives unless the remaining drives have enough free space for the restriped data.
Steps
1
Use Storage Manager to connect to the Storage Center.
2
Click the Hardware tab.
3
In the Hardware tab navigation pane, expand the expansion enclosure to remove.
4
Select the Disks node.
5
Select all of the drives in the expansion enclosure.
6
Right-click on the selected drives and select Release Disk. The Release Disk dialog box opens.
7
Select Perform RAID rebalance immediately.
8
Click OK.
When all of the drives in the expansion enclosure are in the Unassigned drive folder, the expansion enclosure is safe to remove.
Disconnect the SCv300 and SCv320 Expansion Enclosure
from the A-Side of the Chain
Disconnect the A-side cables from the expansion enclosure that you want to remove.
1
Disconnect the A-side cable (shown in orange) from expansion enclosure 1: top EMM, port 1. The B-side cables continue to carry I/O
while the A-side is disconnected.
2
Remove the A-side cable between expansion enclosure 1: top EMM, port 2 and expansion enclosure 2: top EMM, port 1.
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Adding or Removing Expansion Enclosures
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