User manual HP STORAGEWORKS 4400 ENTERPRISE VIRTUAL ARRAY STARTER KITS STORAGEWORKS FIBRE CHANNEL DISK DRIVE REPLACEMENT INSTRUCTIONS (5697-6791, JUNE

[. . . ] · Parts can be damaged by electrostatic discharge. · Have a copy of the product user guide available for reference. You can download a copy of the user guide from the product support page on the HP website. © Copyright 2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P. Sixth edition June 2007 The information in this document is subject to change without notice. [. . . ] A disk with an the operational state should be impending failure indicates Good status until the condition of the disk degrades enough to become a hard failure. Verify that the Requested usage and Actual usage fields display Ungrouped (Figure 6). CAUTION: Both fields must display Ungrouped before you remove the disk. Figure 1 Selecting a storage system Figure 2 Checking redundancy If fields display Ungrouped, continue with Step 7. If you must ungroup the disk, continue with the following step. NOTE: If the fields do not display Ungrouped after you attempt to ungroup the disk, contact your HP-authorized service representative for assistance. For an impending failure, you must ungroup the disk before you remove it: Verifying component failure Before replacing a disk, use the following methods to verify component failure: Page 2 NOTE: You should only ungroup one disk at a time. Before you ungroup a disk, verify that leveling is not in progress and that sufficient free space is available. After you ungroup the disk, verify the status of the disk group before continuing. For more information about leveling and free space, see the 1 2 3 HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array best practices document. a. CAUTION: When selecting Ungroup in background, a dialog box is displayed indicating the Operation succeeded. This indicates that the ungroup operation has been initiated. You can monitor the progress of the ungroup on the Disk Drive Properties window. Click the Disk Drive tab and monitor the ungroup progress. When the ungroup is complete, continue with the next step. · If you are running XCS 6. 000 or later, monitor the Migration progress field (Figure 5). · If you are running an earlier version of XCS or any version of VCS, monitor the Requested usage field and the Actual usage field. Both fields will display Ungrouped when the process is complete. NOTE: The ungrouping process may take up to several hours to complete. The time depends on the capacity of the disk and the level of storage system activity. Click Remove to prepare the disk for removal. The status indicators on the disk will begin flashing to help you locate the disk. You can now remove the disk as described in Removing a disk. [. . . ] http://www. hp. com/support/evadiskfirmware NOTE: When downloading the firmware, use the disk model number to locate the correct firmware file. If you have difficulty locating the correct firmware, contact your HP-authorized service representative for assistance. If you are running XCS 6. 000, verify that leveling is not in progress before upgrading the disk drive firmware. In HP Command View EVA, go to the General tab of the Disk Group Properties window and verify that the Leveling field displays Inactive. [. . . ]