Procedure: Powering off your system

You must power off your Storwize® V3700 system in order to service it, or to permit other maintenance actions in your data center.

About this task

To power off your Storwize V3700 system, complete the following steps:
  1. Stop all host I/O to volumes on the system.
  2. Shut down the system by using the management GUI. Select Monitoring > System. From the Actions menu, select Power Off.
  3. Wait for the power LED on both node canisters in the control enclosure to blink at 1 Hz, which indicates that the shutdown operation has completed. (See Figure 1 for the location of the power LED.)
    Figure 1. Location of the power LED on a node canister
    Location of the power LED on a node canister
    •  1  Power
    •  2  Status
    •  3  Fault
  4. Remove both power cords from the power supplies in the enclosure.
  5. Remove both power cords from the power supplies in the expansion enclosure.