Use this procedure to place the controller's rechargeable
battery into an error state using the Hardware Service Manager in
the IBM® i operating
system.
This topic applies to the IBM i operating system. For
information about maintaining the rechargeable battery using the AIX® or Linux operating systems,
see SAS RAID
controller for AIX or SAS RAID controller
for Linux.
To force the cache battery pack into an
error state, do the following steps on the system or partition that
is using the adapter.
- Sign on to the system with at least service level authority.
- On the command line, type strsst. Press
Enter.
- On the System Service Tools (SST) Sign On display, type
your service tools user ID and service tools password. Press Enter.
- On the System Service Tools (SST) display, select Start
a Service Tool. Press Enter.
- On the Start a Service Tool display, select Hardware
Service Manager. Press Enter.
- On the hardware Service Manager display, select Work
with resources containing cache battery packs. Press Enter.
- On the Work with Resources containing Cache Battery
Packs display, select Force battery pack into error state
for the I/O card. Press Enter.
- On the Force Battery Packs Into Error State display,
verify that the correct I/O adapter has been selected, and press the
function key that confirms your choice.
- Return to the Work with Resources containing
Cache Battery Packs display and select Display
battery information and verify that the Battery
pack can be safely replaced field indicates yes.
If it does not indicate yes, contact your next level
of support before continuing this procedure.
- Verify that the cache data present light emitting diode
(LED) is no longer flashing before replacing the cache battery pack.
See the feature descriptions and the figures in the Replacing a battery pack section to determine
if your adapter has a cache data present LED and the location of the
LED.
- Replace the cache battery pack using the procedure that
sent you here. For a list of replacement procedures, see Replacing a battery pack.
- Restart the adapter's write cache by doing
the following:
- Return to the Work with Resources containing
Cache Battery Packs display and select the Start
IOA cache. Press Enter.
- Ensure that you get the message Cache was started.