Replacing the battery in the raid controller, Replacing, Battery – IBM Partner Pavilion DS4100 User Manual

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10.

Use

the

SMW

to

download

firmware

to

the

new

controller

to

match

the

version

number

shown

in

your

storage

subsystem

profile.

(Refer

to

your

printout.)

After

15-20

minutes,

the

SMW

reports

a

download

failure.

Click

OK

to

ignore

the

error

warning

and

instructions

and

proceed

with

the

following

step.

11.

Use

the

EMW

to

remove

the

RAID

controller

from

the

management

domain,

and

again

add

the

new

controller

using

the

IP

address

assigned

to

the

new

controller

by

the

IP

server.

12.

View

the

storage

subsystem

profile

and

confirm

that

the

NVSRAM

and

controller

firmware

versions

match

the

versions

shown

in

your

storage

subsystem

profile

printout.

13.

Use

the

EMW

to

remove

the

RAID

controller

from

the

management

domain.

14.

Use

the

procedure

described

in

“Turning

off

the

storage

server”

on

page

67

to

power

off

the

storage

server.

15.

Reinstall

each

drive

in

the

slot

from

which

it

was

removed.

16.

Power

on

the

storage

server,

using

the

procedure

described

in

“Turning

on

the

storage

server”

on

page

66.

17.

Use

the

EMW

to

add

the

RAID

controller

back

into

the

management

domain

using

the

original

IP

address

(refer

to

your

printout).

18.

Verify

that

the

RAID

controller

is

accessible.

19.

Continue

with

24

on

page

101

in

the

RAID

controller

replacement

procedure.

Replacing

the

battery

in

the

RAID

controller

Each

RAID

controller

contains

a

rechargeable

battery

that

maintains

the

data

in

the

cache

memory

for

three

days

without

power

to

the

unit.

Important:

If

you

are

replacing

the

battery

in

a

DS4100

single-controller

storage

server,

complete

the

following

steps

before

beginning

the

replacement

procedure:

1.

Schedule

down

time

for

the

battery

replacement,

because

the

disk

will

not

be

available

during

the

procedure.

2.

Complete

any

necessary

server

preparation

tasks.

3.

Save

the

configuration

storage

subsystem

profile.

Note:

Before

any

planned

system

shutdown

or

after

any

system

additions,

removals,

or

modifications

(including

logical

drive

creations,

storage

partitioning

definitions,

hardware

changes,

and

so

on),

save

the

storage

subsystem

profile

as

explained

in

the

DS4000

Storage

Manager

guide

for

your

operating

system.

Save

the

profile

in

a

location

other

than

the

logical

drives

created

for

the

DS4100

storage

server.

4.

Stop

I/O

to

the

storage

server.

5.

Unmount

any

mapped

LUNs

from

the

storage

server.

6.

Power

down

the

DS4100

single-controller

storage

server,

as

described

in

“Turning

off

the

storage

server”

on

page

67.

Use

the

following

procedure

if

the

DS4000

Storage

Manager

client

instructs

you

to

replace

the

battery

because

the

current

battery

has

failed

or

is

nearing

its

expiration

date.

You

can

also

use

the

DS4000

Storage

Manager

client

to

check

the

status

of

the

battery.

1.

Check

the

DS4000

Storage

Manager

client

online

help

for

instructions

on

battery

replacement

procedures.

If

you

are

using

write-cache

mirroring,

this

Chapter

5.

Installing

and

replacing

components

105

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