G System Deinstallation; System Inventory - HP HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8000 Installation Manual

G System Deinstallation

WARNING!
for regular relocation services (for when the user data is to be saved).
NOTE: If you are planning to reinstall and use the existing license, record the existing license
before performing the uninstall by using the showlicense and showlicense -raw commands.
Only use this deinstallation procedure in the following conditions:
To wipe all data and format the drives to prevent access to the old data
To save time to correct an initial installation that was installed incorrectly and that has no
customer data on it
NOTE:
and then begin again with the system installation procedures in order to re-install the storage
system.
Before uninstalling a system:
Verify with a system administrator that the system is prepared for shutdown.
Complete the

System Inventory

To complete the system inventory, record the following information for each system to be
uninstalled:
Customer name
Site information
System serial numbers. Issue the showinventory CLI command
Software currently running on the system. Issue the following CLI commands to obtain the
listed information:
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3PAR Operating System version — showversion –b –a
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Drive cage firmware version — showcage
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Disk drive firmware version — showpd –i
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3PAR CBIOS version — shownode -verbose
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Features licensed on the array — showlicense
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Raw license key for licensed features on the array — showlicense -raw
Storage system hardware configuration
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Number of cabinets
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Number of controller nodes
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Amount of data cache in the controller nodes — shownode
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Amount of control cache in the controller nodes — shownode
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Number and type of Fibre Channel adapters in each node — showport -i
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Number of drive cages— showcage (also used above for cage firmware)
Deinstallation destroys all user data. There is no recovery. This is not the procedure
In this case, only complete steps 1 to 11 of
"System Inventory" (page
"Uninstalling the System" (page
133).
134),
System Inventory 133