Removing And Replacing The Powervault Nx3500 Controller; Attaching The Powervault Nx3500 Controller - Dell PowerVault NX3500 Administrator's Manual

Removing and Replacing the PowerVault NX3500 Controller

To remove and replace the PowerVault NX3500 controller:
1 Disconnect all cables from the back of the controller.
NOTE:
and peer ports.
2 Remove the failed system from the rack.
3 Install the new system in the rack.
4 Connect all cables to the new system.
Ensure that the network cables are placed in the proper ports. If necessary,
refer to the color coding table for client, SAN, internal, and peer port
connections included with this document.
5 Place the file system reinstall DVD in the drive and power on the newly
replaced PowerVault NX3500 controller.
6 Select the Firmware reset option when the re-install DVD boots to the
menu.
This process may take some time to complete, and the system may restart
numerous times until all the firmwares are updated. Completing this step
ensures that the new controller firmwares are up to date.
7 After completing the Firmware reset stage, select the File System Reinstall
option from the boot menu.
The reinstall process takes around 20–40 minutes to complete depending
on the configuration.

Attaching the PowerVault NX3500 Controller

Before completing this procedure, verify that the controller being attached is
in standby mode and powered up.
In order to attach the new controller to the cluster, complete the following
steps:
1 Plug-in a USB disk-on-key to the peer controller, and create a configuration
for the new controller by logging in to the CLI on the management IP
address and running the following command:
system maintenance controllers save-conf
<controllerID>
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Maintaining the PowerVault NX3500
Label the cables by color coding them to indicate client, SAN, internal,