Replacing The Storage Controller Battery; Replacing A Storage Controller - Dell SCv2080 Owner's Manual

Replacing the Storage Controller Battery

Each storage controller contains a hot-swappable battery. The battery supplies enough emergency
power to back up vital information in the event of AC power loss.
Prerequisites
Use SupportAssist to send diagnostic data to Dell Technical Support.
About this task
Storage controller batteries can be replaced without shutting down the storage system.
Steps
1. Press the release tab and then slide the battery out of the storage controller.
Figure 26. Replacing the Storage Controller Battery
1. Battery
3. Storage controller
2. Align the replacement battery with the slot on the storage controller.
3. Slide the battery into the storage controller until the release tab clicks into place.
Next steps
Use SupportAssist to send diagnostic data to Dell Technical Support.

Replacing a Storage Controller

The SCv2080 storage system supports redundant hot-swappable storage controllers.
Storage controllers provide the following data path and storage management functions for the storage
system:
• Monitoring and controlling some storage system environment elements such as temperature, fan,
power supplies, and storage system LEDs
• Controlling access to hard drives
• Communicating storage attributes and states to the storage system
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2. Release tab
Replacing SCv2080 Storage System Components