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hi,
i have one question if any one can answer it i will be appreciating
we had poweredage 2950 server and the Open Manage Server Administrator portal showing that the battery for the PERC 5/i is faild with red cross mark.
do i need to replace it really or it is not serious ?
and if i should .. what is the step to replace it ?
thanks in advance and best regards,
theflash1932
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Posted February 12th, 2013 08:00
To answer your question ... when the battery is no good, the RAID controller turns off write-caching, which can significantly improve performance (or 'decrease' when disabled), so if you value performance at all, then replacing the battery is important (and cheap - around $50).
theflash1932
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Posted October 7th, 2013 09:00
I'm not familiar with "MISCO" ... do you trust them? Do they vouch for or warranty the batteries? Some places do not test - simply ship and hope. Batteries are especially susceptible to age.
theflash1932
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Posted October 7th, 2013 09:00
Where did you buy them from? Are you sure they were "good"? Did you also update your BIOS and ESM/BMC?
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Posted February 12th, 2013 06:00
Make sure the firmware is up to date on the Perc 5/i controller. Go to this site: http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/Product/poweredge-2950 and select your OS, and then go down SAS RAID and select the Perc 5/i firmware update. You will need to power down the server, replace the battery, and then power it back up. Here is a link to the User Guide, page 74-75 will show you how to replace the battery:
ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprt_poweredge/poweredge-2950_owner%27s%20manual_en-us.pdf
Here is a link to the replacement battery: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=312-0448&baynote_bnrank=0&baynote_irrank=1&~ck=dellSearch
Regards,