Power Off A Powerstore T Model Appliance; Power Off A Powerstore X Model Appliance - Dell PowerStore 1000 Installation And Service Manual

Power off a PowerStore T model appliance

Prerequisites
● Do not power off the appliance if you are replacing a hardware component. Identify the node that includes the faulted
hardware component, and power off only that node. For more information, see
PowerStore Manager.
● Powering off an appliance results in the mapped hosts losing access to the data on the appliance. Before you begin, ensure
that you temporarily disconnect host access from all storage resources.
● Obtain the following information:
○ Management IP address of the appliance. In PowerStore Manager, go to Settings > Networking > Network IPs >
Management. Review the Management IPs table to identify the management IP address associated with the appliance.
○ Service account credentials
○ Service tags of the appliance
○ If applicable, service tags of the associated expansion enclosures
About this task
Use the following procedure to power off a single PowerStore T model appliance.
To power off all of the appliances in a cluster, see
Steps
1. Log in to PowerStore Manager.
2. Determine the primary appliance by going to Settings > Cluster > Properties.
3. If the appliance you are shutting down is the primary appliance:
a. Launch an SSH client, and connect to the appliance using the management IP address.
b. Enter the username and password that is associated with the service account, and log in.
c. Run the following command to specify which appliance you want to become the new primary appliance:
svc_cluster_management MoveMasterAppliance <ID number of new primary appliance>
4. In PowerStore Manager, under Hardware, select the appliance that you want to power off.
5. Under More Actions, select Power Down.
The Validation window opens.
6. Review any errors, warnings, and recommendations. Once the appliance passes all of the validation checks, click Next.
The Active Objects window opens.
7. Review the list of objects on the appliance that had I/O activity during the last five minutes.
8. Click Next.
The Confirm window opens.
9. Enter the service password, and click Power Down.
10. Check the status of the LEDs in the rear of chassis to verify that the appliance has powered off. Other than the LEDs for
the power supply unit, management port, and service port, all other LEDs on the appliance must be OFF.
11. Wait five minutes, and then disconnect the power cables from the base enclosure.
12. Disconnect the power cables from any associated expansion enclosures.

Power off a PowerStore X model appliance

Prerequisites
● Do not power off the appliance if you are replacing a hardware component. Identify the node that includes the faulted
hardware component, and power off only that node. For more information, see
● Ensure that SSH is enabled on the ESXi host and configured to start automatically.
● Powering off an appliance results in the mapped hosts losing access to the data on the appliance. Before you begin, ensure
that you temporarily disconnect host access from all storage resources.
● Obtain the following information:
○ Address of the VMware vCenter server associated with the appliance
Power off a PowerStore T model
Power off a PowerStore T model node using
cluster:
Power off a PowerStore X model
Power control procedures
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