Shutting Down The Storage System; Starting The Storage System - HP StorageWorks 6100 - Enterprise Virtual Array User Manual

5. Disconnects the system from HP Command View EVA
NOTE:
The storage system may take a long time to complete the necessary cache flush during controller
shutdown when snapshots are being used. The delay may be particularly long if multiple child snapshots
are used, or if there has been a large amount of write activity to the snapshot source virtual disk.

Shutting down the storage system

To shut the storage system down, perform the following steps:
1. Start HP Command View EVA.
2. Select the appropriate storage system in the Navigation pane.
The Initialized Storage System Properties window for the selected storage system opens.
3. Click Shut down.
The Shutdown Options window opens.
4. Under System Shutdown click Power Down. If you want to delay the initiation of the shutdown,
enter the number of minutes in the Shutdown delay field.
The controllers complete an orderly shutdown and then power off. The disk enclosures then power
off. Wait for the shutdown to complete.
5. Turn off the power switch (callout 4 in
6.
Turn off the circuit breakers on both of the EVA rack Power Distribution Units (PDU).
7. If your management server is an SMA and you are not using it to manage other storage arrays,
shut down the SMA. From the SMA user interface, click Settings > Maintenance > Shutdown.

Starting the storage system

To start a storage system, perform the following steps:
1.
Verify that each fabric Fibre Channel switch to which the HSV controllers are connected is powered
up and fully booted. The power indicator on each switch should be on.
If you must power up the SAN switches, wait for them to complete their power-on boot process
before proceeding. This may take several minutes.
2.
If the management server you shut down is an SMA, power it on and wait for it to completely
boot. Verify the SMA is running by logging into it using the web interface.
NOTE:
Before applying power to the rack, ensure that the power switch on each HSV controller is
off.
3. Power on the circuit breakers on both EVA rack PDUs. Verify that all drive enclosures are operating
properly. The status indicator and the power indicator should be on (green).
4. Wait three minutes and then verify that all disk drives are ready. The drive ready indicator and
the drive online indicator should be on (green).
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on page 77) on the rear of each HSV controller.
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