Windows 2003 File Share 4 node Cluster: Does Cluster Resources need to be brought offline prior removing / unmapping any LUN's from SAN end?

Hello All,
Recently, on a 4 node Windows 2003 File Share Cluster, we encountered a problem where when trying to remove few shares (that were no longer in use) directly from SAN end crashed the entire Cluster (i.e., other shares also lost their SAN connectivity). I
suppose the Cluster resources need to be brought offline prior removing it from SAN but I've been advised that these shares were not the root and instead a 'mount point' created within the share; and hence there is no need of bringing down any Cluster resources
offline.
Please can someone comment on the above and provide me detailed steps as to how we go about reclaiming SAN space from specific shares on a W2003 Cluster?
p.s., let me know if you need any additional information.
Thanks in advance.

Hi Alex,
The problem started when SAN Support reclaimed few storage LUNs by unmapping them from our clustered file servers. When they reclaimed the unused LUNs, other SAN drives which were there also disappeared causing the unavailability of file shares.
Internet access is not enabled on these servers. Servers in question are running 64-bit Windows Server 2003 Sp2. This is a four node file share cluster. When the unsued LUN's were pulled, the entire Cluster lost its SAN connectivity. Windows cluster service
was not starting on any of the cluster nodes. To resolve the problem all the four cluster nodes were rebooted after which cluster service started on all the cluster nodes and resources came online.
Some of the events at the time of problem occurrence were,
Event ID     : 57
Raw Event ID : 57
Record Nr.   : 25424072
Category     : None
Source       : Ftdisk
Type         : Warning
Generated    : 19.07.2014 10:49:46
Written      : 19.07.2014 10:49:46
Machine      : ********
Message      : The system failed to flush data to the transaction log.
Corruption may occur.
Event ID     : 1209
Raw Event ID : 1209
Record Nr.   : 25424002
Category     : None
Source       : ClusDisk
Type         : Error
Generated    : 19.07.2014 10:49:10
Written      : 19.07.2014 10:49:10
Machine      : ***********
Message      : Cluster service is requesting a bus reset for device
\Device\ClusDisk0.
Event ID     : 15
Raw Event ID : 15
Record Nr.   : 25412958
Category     : None
Source       : Disk
Type         : Error
Generated    : 11.07.2014 10:54:53
Written      : 11.07.2014 10:54:53
Machine      : *************
Message      : The device, \Device\Harddisk46\DR48, is not ready for access yet.
Let me know if you need any additional info, many thanks.

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