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Got this by email, (I always enjoy getting emails from readers)

Martin,

Do you think I should swap the power supply in my DL380 G3, it says the power supply has failed, there are two of them but should I shut the server down first? I know it says it’s hot swap but I’ve never swapped a component before.

Thanks

Charles

This is my response:

Hi Charles,

Great to hear from you. If your DL380 G3 has two power supplies, you should be fine replacing a faulty one. The steps to take are:

1. Remove power cable from faulty power supply.
2. Remove faulty power supply.
3. Fit new power supply (I normally count to five) and then plug in the power cable.  The light on the back of the power supply should then go green and this should also update the IML (server) logs.

If in any doubt as with anything in the IT space, shut the server down and change the power supply, though I have swapped many faulty power supplies and I have yet to witness a server failing because of this activity.

Regards

Martin

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