Owner's manual

NOTE:

When viewing the

softwar e or ﬁrmware version information, pressing

displays the Versions Menu tree.

To display System Information

1. The default display alternates between the Storage System Na m e display and the World Wide

Name display.

Press any p ush button to select the Storage System Menu Tree display.

2. Press

until the desired Versions Menu o ption appears, and then press or to move to

sub–menu items per Table 24.

Shutting down the system

CAUTION:

To power off the system for more than 96 hours, use HP Command Vie w EVA.

You can use the Shutdown System function to implement the shutdown methods listed below. These

shutdown methods are explained in Table 25.

• Shutting dow

n the controller (see Shut ting the controller down).

• Restarting the system (see Restarting the System).

• Uninitializing the system (see Uninitializing the System).

To ensure that you do not m istakenly activate a shutdown procedure, the default state is always NO,

indicating

do not implement th is procedure. As a safeguard, implementing any shutdown method

requires you to complete at least two actions.

Table 25 Shutdown methods

LCD prompt Description

Restart System?

Implementing this procedure establishes communications between the storage

systemandHPCommandViewEVA.Thisprocedureisusedtorestore

the controller to an operational state where it can c ommunicate with HP

Command View EVA.

P ower off system? Implementing this procedure initiates the sequential removal of controller

power. Thisensuresnodataislost. Thereasonsforimplementingthis

procedure include replacing a drive enclosure.

Uninitialize?

Implementing this procedure will cause the loss of all data. For a detailed

discus sion of this procedure, see Uninitializing the System.

Shutting the controller down

Use the following procedure to access the Shutdown System display and execute a shutdown procedure.

NOTE:

HP Command View EVA is the pr eferred method for shutting down the controller. Shut down the

controller from the OCP only if HP Command View EVA cannot communicate with the controller.

Shutting down the controller from the OCP removes power from the controller on which the procedure is

performed only. To restore power, toggle the controller’s power switch.

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