Chapter 8. Configuring Units
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On the
Delete Disk Array
screen, review the information about the unit to
make sure it is the one you want to delete.
Figure 59. Deleting a Unit in 3BM
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Tab
to the
OK
button and press
Enter
.
You return to the main 3BM screen, and the drives associated with the
unit now appear in the list of Available Drives.
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Press F8
to save your changes, or press
Esc
and then
Yes
.
Removing a Unit
Removing a unit allows you to safely remove drives from a controller in order
to move the unit to another controller or to store the drives for safekeeping
purposes. This process is sometimes referred to as “array roaming.” Hot swap
carriers are required unless you power down first.
When you remove a unit (in contrast to deleting a unit), information about the
unit remains intact on the drives. This allows the drives to be reassembled into
a unit again on this controller, or if moved to another controller.
Remember:
The unit is not actually deleted and no data is
overwritten until you press the
F8
key to save your changes, or press
Esc
and select
Yes
when asked if you want to save.
Warning:
It is important to remove the unit through software, before removing it
physically. Failure to do so could result in a system crash or hang and may even
corrupt the data and the unit configuration from being reassembled later.
