Remove an HPE Synergy Composer from the appliance cluster
Use this procedure to remove a reachable appliance from the appliance cluster in HPE OneView.
You must remove the appliance from the cluster before removing the HPE Synergy Composer from the enclosure for service or replacement.
Only a standby appliance can be removed from the appliance cluster. To remove the active appliance from the cluster, you must activate the standby appliance so that both appliances swap roles.
The unused appliance is powered on.
The unused appliance is same model as the active appliance.
The unused appliance runs the same version of HPE OneView as the active appliance.
Removing an appliance from cluster resets that appliance to its original factory settings and then powers it off. That appliance cannot join the cluster until it is powered on.
Privileges: Infrastructure administrator.
- From the main menu, select Settings and click Appliance on the Settings screen.
- Use the information on the Appliance panel to determine if the appliance you want to remove is the active appliance or the standby appliance.
- To remove the active appliance, activate the standby appliance.
- At the end of the operation, the appliances have swapped roles so the previous active appliance is now the standby appliance and the previous standby appliance is the current active appliance.
- Select .
- Select Yes, remove standby.
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Verify that the standby appliance is removed from the cluster either by examining the
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command of Maintenance console. panel of the screen or by using the