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Tasks to perform before disconnecting the shelf
Reassigning
ownership of N
series storage
system disks to a
gateway
You need to change ownership of the disks on the shelf to be moved to the
gateway while the shelf is still attached to the N series storage system. However,
you must find out the system name or NVRAM ID of the gateway before you can
start reassigning the disks on the N series storage system. You must enter the
gateway name as part of the
disk reassign
command.
Finding out the gateway ID:
To obtain the gateway ID, complete the
following steps.
Changing the disk owner to the gateway:
To change the assignment of
disks on the disk shelf from the N series storage system to the gateway, complete
the following steps.
Step
Action
1
For Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode and 7.x releases, enter the following
command, then check the Owner column for a LUN entry to find the
system ID for the gateway:
sysconfig
Note
You need the system ID, not the serial number of the system.
2
Record the gateway ID.
3
Go to “
Changing the disk owner to the gateway
Step
Action
1
On the N series storage system, reboot the system and interrupt the
boot process by pressing Ctrl-C when you see the following message
on the console:
Press Ctrl-C for special boot menu
2
Enter
Maintenance mode
from the boot menu.
Summary of Contents for N Series
Page 6: ...vi Notices...
Page 14: ...xiv Preface...
Page 28: ...14 Understanding storage provided by native disk shelves...
Page 78: ...64 Configuring Gateway Ports as Initiators...
Page 98: ...84 Reinstalling the system...
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