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3. Use your fingernail to pry the battery out of its plastic mount. After the bottom of the battery has
cleared the top edge of the plastic mount, pull the battery up and away from the plastic mount.
4. Replace the battery with the correct part. For the battery part number, see "System Parts" on page
302..
5. When installing the new battery, ensure that the battery polarity is correct. For this system, the
positive (+) side of the battery should be facing up in its plastic mount.
6. Gently insert the new battery into its plastic mount.
7. Replace the service processor assembly in the system unit as described in "Replacing the Service
Processor Assembly" on page 262.The system may stop and restart in order to reboot.
8. If you are running AIX, the bootlist command may need to be run while logged in as root user. This
action rebuilds the customized boot list. IP (Internet protocol) parameters may also need to be
reentered.
9. Start the system as described in "Starting the System" on page 247.
Notes:
a. If you are replacing a service processor assembly on a system running AIX , set the time and
date using the operating system date command or smitty.
b. To restore the service processor settings and to set the date and time using the service processor
(if the system is running Linux use this method), see "Saving and Restoring Service Processor
Settings" on page 193.
10. Because the battery was replaced, the service processor settings need to be reset. Locate the
backup copy of the service processor settings. Use the "Save or Restore Hardware Management
Policies," in the "Introduction to Tasks and Service Aids" section of the RS/6000 Eserver pSeries
Diagnostic Information for Multiple Bus Systems, order number SA38-0509, to restore the service
processor settings. If you cannot run the appropriate task, or the service processor settings were not
backed up, the service processor settings must be entered manually. See Chapter 7, "Using the
Service Processor," on page 193 for more information about entering service processor settings
manually.
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2 Battery
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