Replacing An Expansion Enclosure Chassis - IBM Storwize V7000 Unified Problem Determination Manual

Note: The configuration changes that are described in the following steps
must be performed to ensure that the system is operating correctly. If you do
not perform these steps, the system is unable to report certain errors.
31. Power up the file modules. See "Turning on the system".
32. Start the management GUI and select Monitoring > System. You see an
additional enclosure in the system list because the system has detected the
replacement control enclosure. The original control enclosure is still listed in
its configuration. The original enclosure is listed with its original enclosure ID.
It is offline and managed. The new enclosure has a new enclosure ID. It is
online and unmanaged.
33. Select the original enclosure. Verify that it is offline and managed and that the
serial number is correct.
34. Right-click the enclosure and select Remove. The physical hardware has
already been removed. You can ignore the messages about removing the
hardware. Verify that the original enclosure is no longer listed in the tree view.
35. Add the new enclosure to the system.
a. From the Actions menu, select Add Enclosures.
b. Because you have already added the hardware, select Next on the first
panel that asks you to install the hardware. The next panel shows the
unmanaged new enclosure.
c. Follow the steps in the wizard. The wizard changes the control enclosure
to Managed.
d. Select the enclosure and add it to the system.
36. Select the new enclosure and verify that it is now online and managed.
37. Change the enclosure ID of the replaced enclosure to that of the original
enclosure. Right-click the control enclosure and select Modify ID and change
the ID to that of the original enclosure.
38. Check the status of all volumes and physical storage to ensure everything is
online.
39. Restart the host application and any FlashCopy activities, Global Mirror
activities, or Metro Mirror activities that were stopped.
Results

Replacing an expansion enclosure chassis

Remove and replace an expansion enclosure chassis. This procedure only applies to
Storwize V7000 Gen1 enclosure models.
About this task
Storwize V7000 Unified Gen1 refers to the enclosure models in the following table:
Table 112. Storwize V7000 Unified Gen1 model numbers
Machine
type/model
2076-112
2076-124
2076-312
Description
Storwize V7000 Unified control enclosure for up to 12 3.5-inch (8.89
cm) drives
Storwize V7000 Unified control enclosure for up to 24 2.5-inch (6.35
cm) drives
Storwize V7000 Unified control enclosure for 3.5-inch drives (with two
10 Gbps iSCSI/FCoE Ethernet ports)
Chapter 5. Control enclosure
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