Table Of Contents - HPE 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Service And Upgrade Manual

Contents
Preparing for service or upgrade of the storage system.................... 6
Service and upgrade videos......................................................................................................... 6
Safety and regulatory compliance.................................................................................................6
Service of the hardware components................................................... 7
Controller Node replacement-Two-node system only-Optional CSR component.................... 7
Drive replacement-Mandatory CSR component.......................................................................15
SFP Transceiver Replacement-Mandatory CSR component................................................... 25
Upgrade of the storage system........................................................... 31
Drives upgrade-Mandatory CSU component............................................................................31
More information for service and upgrade of the storage system...44
Accounts and credentials for service and upgrade..................................................................... 44
Alert notifications for the storage system-SP 5.x......................................................................51
Browser warnings........................................................................................................................52
Controller Node rescue-Automatic Node-to-Node Rescue.......................................................52
Controller Node shutdown.......................................................................................................... 52
HPE 3PAR Service Processor.................................................................................................... 53
Replacing a Controller Node-Two-node system only-SP 4.x........................................ 8
Replacing a Controller Node-Two-node system only-SP 5.x.......................................11
Replacing a Drive-SP 4.x...............................................................................................16
Replacing a Drive-SP 5.x...............................................................................................20
Replacing an SFP Transceiver-SP 4.x.......................................................................... 26
Replacing an SFP Transceiver-SP 5.x.......................................................................... 28
Guidelines for allocating and loading Drives.................................................................... 32
Guidelines for adding more Drives to the storage system............................................... 35
Upgrading to add Drives-SP 4.x.................................................................................... 35
Upgrading to add Drives-SP 5.x.................................................................................... 39
Time-based password (strong password)........................................................................ 44
Encryption-based password (strong password)............................................................... 44
HPE 3PAR Service Processor accounts for service and upgrade................................... 44
Setting time-based or encryption-based password option from the SP 5.x SC.....47
Generating the encryption-based ciphertext from the SP 5.x SC..........................48
Setting time-based or encryption-based password option from the SP 5.x TUI.... 48
Generating the encryption-based ciphertext from the SP 5.x TUI......................... 49
Storage system accounts for service and upgrade.......................................................... 49
Setting time-based or encryption-based password option for a storage
system account......................................................................................................50
Generating the encryption-based ciphertext for a storage system account.......... 50
Regenerating the encryption-based ciphertext for a storage system account...... 51
Shutting down a Controller Node-SP 4.x....................................................................... 53
Shutting down a controller node from the SC interface....................................................53
Firewall and Proxy server configuration........................................................................... 54
Connection methods for the SP....................................................................................... 55
Connecting to the physical SP from a laptop........................................................ 56
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