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Update: Batteries replaced and are displayed as optimal in Storage Manager. One thing to note. The battery connector doesn't just pull off the controller board. There is a tab on one edge of the controller board connector that has to be push outwards. Also, the Storage Manager states the...

IBM FASTT200HA - Replacing Cache Batteries Spec: Fastt200HA, dual raid controllers. Two IBM xSeries 350s. W2k, MS Cluster, two resource groups one on each cluster node (one MS SQL). Problem: Both controller cache batteries (19K1219) have failed. Reading the IBM users guide it states that in a...

Hi The storage system (IBM SAN (10TB) and 2 W2kAdv Servers (MSSQL2k)) was spec'd to provide HA for files and SQL Databases. Reading your comments it seems it is techically possible to allow our desktops machines to access the SAN logical drives directly, I just have to work out how! Thanks...

Thanks for the reply. The cluster servers are due to be replaced and we have been advised by and external consultant that the we would not need to replace the servers. "All we need to do is configure the client machines to access the SAN logical disk directly." I guess what I'm asking is this...

Hi, Is it possible to connect/map to logical SAN drives is the MS Cluster is down? Thanks in Advance.

Spot on - The card doesn't go "Green" when the battery attached. The status lights flash (red) once and that's it. The card is a hot-plug slot.

Thanks for the advice Larry. The server is now booting into the OS - success! With regard to the battery on the old card - disconnecting it did allow me to access the Mini config application (where as with the battery connected the Mini config prompt is not displayed during POST). Having read...

Hi, I have a IBM xSeries 350 server, with a single 4Mx raid controller. The controller has failed (complete failure) so I have purchase a relacement 4Mx card. The hard drives that attached to the old card where configured as Raid 1. Here's what I'm planning to do: 1. Configure (as raid 1) the...