Smart Array 3200 Battery replacement

[Tom Gerken]

I have a 3200 Rev A Firmware 4.48 that I have added some drives to and would like to expand the existing array to include these drives. It seems my batteries that back the cache are no good. I have two spare 3200's that are Rev A but Firmware 4.16.

It is OK to replace the F4.48 with a F4.16?
Do I need to update the Firmware to match?
Can I just replace the cache/battery module with one from a different card?

THanks, Tom

[Chanler Childs · Accepted solution]

You should be able to swap the battery/cache modules with no problem. Alternatively, you could flash one of the other 3200's and simply replace the one with the bad cache.

[Tom Gerken]

Compaq Tech Support agrees that I can swap the Battery/Cache module. They suggested doing a system erase to clear the card cache (I did this to my spare card on a spare server.)

Swapping the whole card - are there any configuration settings stored on the card?

I'll probably just swap modules.

Thanks for the input!

Tom