Identifying Physical Locations Of Logical Cage Numbers - HP HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8000 Installation Manual

Identifying Physical Locations of Logical Cage Numbers

Use the following CLI commands to identify the physical locations of the logical cage numbers.
Enter the numbers into the diagram below, and then store them on the system admin volume by
following these instructions.
1. On the SPMAINT home page, enter 7 for Interactive CLI for a StoreServ, and then press
ENTER.
2. Enter the showcage command to display the drive cage numbers/names
3. Enter the locatecage cage<n> command, where cage<n> is the drive cage number/name,
to cause the the LEDs to flash on the front of the drive cage. This will be performed one
cage at a time.
4. Once the physical location of the drive cage is identified, make a note of the drive cage
number on a separate paper for reference during servicing.
NOTE:
4U
4U
4U
4U
1U
4U
4U
4U
4U
5. Enter setcage position "Rack<xx> Rack-Unit<yy>" cage<n>, where:
<xx> is the rack designator (R0 is the main rack that has controller nodes, and R1 or
racks with higher numbers are expansion cabinets).
<yy> is the rack-unit number in the rack (e.g., 1 – 50) at the bottom of the drive cage.
cage <n> is the logical drive cage number/name.
6. Enter showcage -d cage<n> to verify the settings.
7. Repeat steps
8. Enter exit and select X to exit the SPMAINT session.
Table below provides example of drive cage numbering.
4U
4U
4U
4U
1U
4U
4U
4U
4U
Node rack
3 through 6 for each drive cage displayed in step 2.
4U
4U
4U
4U
1U
4U
4U
4U
4U
Cage rack 1
Post-Installation System Tasks
Cage rack 2
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