remove drive from array 3PAR

kamel2212 — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:49 GMT

I am facing an issue with an HPE 3PAR storage array. The system physically contains 24 drives in a single drive enclosure (Cage 0), but the CLI reports 26 drives, including two failed drives associated with Cage 1, which does not physically exist in the configuration.

I attempted to remove the affected drives using the command showpdch -from 18, but I was unable to complete the removal.

The command output indicates that several chunklets are still associated with physical disks, including logical drive and system data allocations. Please find the relevant output below:

Pdid Chnk        LdName LdCh  State Usage Media Sp Cl    From  To
   2 1534        log0.0   39 normal    ld valid  Y  N 18:1666 ---
   5 1535        log0.0   17 normal    ld valid  Y  N 18:1667 ---
   6 1506      pdsld0.1   17 normal    ld valid  Y  N 18:1664 ---
   7 1484      pdsld0.1   47 normal    ld valid  Y  N 18:1663 ---
   8 1535      pdsld0.1    5 normal    ld valid  Y  N 18:1665 ---

Could you please assist us with the following points?

Investigate why the system detects two failed drives in Cage 1, although only Cage 0 is physically present.

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remove drive from array 3PAR