Cisco Cisco C880 M4 Server
CHAPTER 2 Component Configuration and Replacement (Add, Remove)
2.2 Replacing components
2.2 Replacing components
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2.2.4 Replacing the battery backup unit of the uninterrupted power
supply unit (UPS)
This section describes the procedure for replacing the battery backup unit of the UPS. The UPS battery is
regularly replaced and the life cycle is monitored by the standard monitoring function of the operating system.
regularly replaced and the life cycle is monitored by the standard monitoring function of the operating system.
2.2.5 Replacing the PCI SSD card
This section describes the procedure for replacing the PCI SSD card.
Note
The PCI SSD card does not support hot replacement. Stop the system before replacing.
Note
The PCI SSD card does not support hot replacement. Stop the system before replacing.
In a RAID configuration (Linux software RAID)
1. Place the faulty PCI Express card offline and remove the card.
Example:
# mdadm/dev/mdO –fail /dev/fiob
# mdadm/dev/mdO–remove /dev/fiob
# mdadm/dev/mdO–remove /dev/fiob
2. Power off the system.
3. Replace the faulty PCI Express card.
4. Power on the system.
5. Initialize the replaced PCI Express card.
6. The executing procedure is as follows.
a. fio-detach (Disconnecting the device from the operating system)
b. fio-format (Low level formatting of the device)
c. fio-attach ( (Making the device available on the operating system)
Example:
# fio-detach /dev/fct1
# fio-format /dev/fct1
# fio-attach /dev/fct1
# fio-format /dev/fct1
# fio-attach /dev/fct1
Remarks
The work of adding the device will trigger the rebuild operation.
Example:
The work of adding the device will trigger the rebuild operation.
Example:
# mdadm /dev/md0 –add /dev/fiob
In SWAP configuration
1. Delete the swap entry of the faulty PCI Express card.
(Example) # swapoff /dev/fioal
2. Confirm the serial number of the faulty PCI card
3. Delete the serial number of the failed PCI card from the pre-allocate memory in
/etc/modprobe.d/ioMemory-vsl.conf.
Note
Before replacing the PCI card, delete the serial number of the faulty PCI card from the pre-allocate
memory in /etc/modprobe.d/ioMemory-vsl.conf.
Note
Before replacing the PCI card, delete the serial number of the faulty PCI card from the pre-allocate
memory in /etc/modprobe.d/ioMemory-vsl.conf.
4. Power off the system.
5. Replace the faulty PCI Express card.
6. Power on the system.
7. Initialize the replaced PCI Express card.
The executing procedure is as follows.
a fio-detach (Disconnecting the device from the operating system)