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Unisphere and Unisphere Central 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Remove an Enclosure

This step-by-step wizard guides you through removing an enclosure to the system without a controller outage.

Prerequisites

  • This wizard is only available for the SCv2000 series controllers.
  • The option will display only if Storage Center has the ability to remove enclosures and data has been removed from all disks in the selected enclosure.

Steps

  1. If you are connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane of Unisphere Central.
  2. From the System iconSYSTEM menu, click Hardware.
    The Hardware view is displayed.
  3. Click the System tab.
  4. In the System tab navigation pane, clickEnclosure.
    The Enclosure view is displayed.
  5. Select the enclosure you want to remove and click Remove Enclosure.
    The Remove Enclosure wizard opens.
  6. Confirm the details of your current install, and click Next.
  7. Locate the enclosure in the Storage Center and click Next.
  8. Follow the directions to disconnect the A side chain cables connecting the enclosure to the Storage Center. Click Next.
  9. Reconnect the A side chain cables by following the directions to exclude the enclosure. Click Next.
  10. Follow the directions to disconnect the B side chain cables connecting the enclosure to the Storage Center. Click Next.
  11. Reconnect the B side chain cables by following the directions to exclude the enclosure. Click Next to validate the cabling and delete the enclosure.
    If the cabling is invalid, an error message is displayed. You can proceed to the next step once the error is corrected and validated.
  12. Click Finish to exit the wizard.

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