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Configuration –21, Upgrading cache memory – HP Array Controller HSG V8.7 Software User Manual

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Replacement Procedures

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Replacing a Cache Module in a Dual-Redundant Controller Configuration

Use the following steps in “Removing a Cache Module in a Dual-
Redundant Controller Configuration”
and “Installing a Cache Module
in a Dual-Redundant Controller Configuration”
to replace a cache
module.

Note The new cache module must contain the same memory
configuration as the cache module it’s replacing.

Removing a Cache Module in a Dual-Redundant
Controller Configuration

Use the following steps to remove a cache module:

1. Connect a PC or terminal to the operational controller’s maintenance

port. The controller to which you’re connected is “this controller”; the
controller that you’re removing is the “other controller.”

2. Disable failover and take the controllers out of their dual-redundant

configuration with the following command:

SET NOFAILOVER

3. Remove the ESD cover and program card from the “other controller.”

Save them for reinstallation later.

4. Start FRUTIL with the following command:

RUN FRUTIL

FRUTIL displays the following:

Do you intend to replace this controller’s cache battery? Y/N

5. Enter N(o). FRUTIL displays the FRUTIL Main menu:

FRUTIL Main Menu:

1. Replace or remove a controller or cache module

2. Install a controller or cache module

3. Replace a PVA module

4. Replace an I/O module

5. Exit

Enter choice: 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 ->