Adding a second power supply to an H70. 1

[kenwalters]

Has anyone done this before? Is it a matter of just putting the power supply in and rebooting the server?

 

[Yegolev]

You should not have to reboot.

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[kenwalters]

Yegolev, thanks for the reply. Basically, once I place it in and plug it in, I should get a solid LED, not a flashing one, correct?

 

[Yegolev]

Been a while, but I believe so. The IBM CE often does a whole bunch of unimportant junk, but none of it involves configuring a device. The important thing is to not leave the hole open for more than five minutes.

If it acts "weird" I have some spare H70s I can test on, but not until next Tuesday. Five dollars says you are fine.

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[kenwalters]

Well, basically the new power supply is in, but the LED is flashing, and no fans are turning. I guess I'll have to schedule the test that IBM recommends to make sure the power supply is good.
The machine was down when I first installed it. It was not recognized by the system. I also pulled the plug on the primary power supply, and received an error on the LCD of the CPU.

 

[Yegolev]

I assume you are pretty sure that the power cable you are using for it is hot. Otherwise I don't have any advice other than see what IBM says. Good luck.

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[kenwalters]

Yegolev, thanks again for the information.

 

[RMGBELGIUM]

Normally you don't have to reboot,just plug it in , and it will work.But if you want to make the psu visible to AIX, you will have to reboot ( had the same problem with our P630's )

Regards,

R.