Install New Battery - Fujitsu ETERNUS AB Series Maintaining Hardware

Battery release latch
5. Lift up on the battery, and slide it out of the controller canister.
6. Follow the appropriate procedures for your location to recycle or dispose of the failed battery.
Warning: To comply with International Air Transport Association (IATA) regulations, never ship a
lithium battery by air unless it is installed within the controller shelf.
What to do next
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Install new battery

You install a new battery into the controller canister to replace the failed one.
Related concepts
Battery overview on page 4
Requirements for replacing a failed battery
Install new battery
Install a new battery when the old one has failed.
Before you begin
• You have the failed battery from the controller canister.
• You have the replacement battery.
Procedure
1. Unpack the new battery, and set it on a flat, static-free surface.
Important: To comply with IATA safely regulations, replacement batteries are shipped with a state of
charge (SoC) of 30 percent or less. When you reapply power, keep in mind that write caching will not
resume until the replacement battery is fully charged and it has completed its initial learn cycle.
2. Orient the controller canister so that the slot for the battery faces toward you.
3. Insert the battery into the controller canister at a slight downward angle.
You must insert the metal flange at the front of the battery into the slot on the bottom of the controller
canister, and slide the top of the battery beneath the small alignment pin on the left side of the canister.
4. Move the battery latch up to secure the battery.
When the latch clicks into place, the bottom of the latch hooks into a metal slot on the chassis.
Battery
on page 4
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