HAS power supply module defunct

[Ralph Grothe]

Hi,

in a HAS cabinet attached to one of our old K-class boxes one of two mains power supply modules bit the dust.
Because these items aren't monitored by EMS daemons it must have gone unnoticed.
(btw, is there a way to monitor these, maybe by a home brewn hack?)
Since we still have a few of these HAS boxes lingering (decommissioned) around I would like to steal from one of their power supplies.
These things look as if they were hot swappable.
Is it (reasonably) save to do so, or is a full power cycling of the server necessary?

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

Ralph,

The only thing the manual says is "Caution! The power module is hot pluggable only if a second power module is present and operating. If you remove the only power module in the storage system, the storage system and all modules lose power."

I'd say swap it!


Pete