Moving Drives And Arrays - HP P600 User Manual

Moving drives and arrays

You can move drives to other ID positions on the same array controller. You can
also move a complete array from one controller to another, even if the controllers
are on different servers.
Before you move drives, the following conditions must be met:
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The server must be powered down.
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If moving the drives to a different server, the new server must have enough
empty bays to accommodate all the drives simultaneously.
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The array has no failed or missing drives, and no spare drive in the array is
acting as a replacement for a failed drive.
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The controller is not running capacity expansion, capacity extension, or
RAID or stripe size migration.
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The controller is using the latest firmware version (recommended).
If you want to move an array to another controller, all drives in the array must be
moved at the same time.
When all the conditions have been met:
1. Back up all data before removing any drives or changing configuration. This
step is required if you are moving data-containing drives from a controller
that does not have a battery-backed cache.
2. Power down the system.
3. Move the drives.
4. Power up the system. If a 1724 POST message appears, drive positions were
changed successfully and the configuration was updated.
If a 1785 (Not Configured) POST message appears:
a. Power down the system immediately to prevent data loss.
b. Return the drives to their original locations.
c. Restore the data from backup, if necessary.
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