10. Reconnect the cables to the same ports at the back of the node.
The labels you had attached to the cables when you disconnected them will help guide you.
Ensure that you do not force the cables into the ports; you might damage the cables,
ports, or both.
11. After the node powers on, add the node to the cluster.
It might take up to 15 minutes for the node to get added and be displayed under
Nodes
> Active
.
12. Add the drives.
13. Perform these steps for all the storage nodes in the chassis.
Replace the chassis when additional unused space is not available in the rack
If your rack does not have additional space and if none of the chassis in your deployment has unused node
slots, you should determine what can stay online, if anything, before you do the replacement procedure.
About this task
You should take the following points into consideration before you do the chassis replacement:
• Can your storage cluster remain online without the storage nodes in the failed chassis?
If the answer is no, you should shut down all the nodes (both compute and storage) in your NetApp HCI
deployment.
If the answer is yes, you can shut down only the storage nodes in the failed chassis.
• Can your VMs and ESXi cluster stay online without the compute nodes in the failed chassis?
If the answer is no, you must shut down or migrate the appropriate VMs to be able to shut down the
compute nodes in the failed chassis.
If the answer is yes, you can shut down only the compute nodes in the failed chassis.
Shut down a compute node
Before you move the compute node to the new chassis, you should migrate the VMs, shut it down correctly,
and label the cables inserted into the node.
Steps
1. Make a note of the serial number of the node from the sticker at the back of the node.
2. In the VMware vSphere Web Client, select
Hosts and Clusters
, select a node (host), and then select
Monitor > Hardware Status > Sensors
.
3. In the
Sensors
section, look for the serial number that you noted from the sticker at the back of the node.
4. After you find the matching serial number, migrate the VMs to another available host.
See the VMware documentation for the migration steps.
5. Right-click the node, and select
Power > Shut Down
.
You are now ready to physically removing the node from the chassis.
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