topic Re: ProLiant DL380 G5 Raid Array BBWC Battery Replacement in ProLiant Servers (ML,DL,SL)

ProLiant DL380 G5 Raid Array BBWC Battery Replacement

Saltshaker2112 — Tue, 17 May 2011 16:06:41 GMT

I was curious what the general procedure is for replacing the raid array battery...what I mean is, Do you have to power down or can you do a hot swap of the battery? Also if you power down,which I assume you do, is there any risk of losing info anything that the battery retains?

I just want to be safe about it since this is a very specifc battery and I dont want to loose anything while replacing this. Any thoughts,info and advise is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Re: ProLiant DL380 G5 Raid Array BBWC Battery Replacement

Woonings — Wed, 18 May 2011 07:24:35 GMT

hey,

You need to shutdown the server.

Replace battery

Turn server back on, you will loose nothing.

(There will be a message at startup saying that the battery is charging)

Cheers

Alex

Re: ProLiant DL380 G5 Raid Array BBWC Battery Replacement

Saltshaker2112 — Wed, 18 May 2011 19:43:40 GMT

Thanks...just wanted to make sure.