Caution - This procedure requires that you handle components that are sensitive to ESD. This sensitivity can cause the component to fail. To avoid damage, ensure that you follow antistatic practices as described in ESD Measures. |
A customer can perform this procedure. The server must be completely powered down before performing this procedure. See Component Service Categories for more information about cold-service procedures.
To correctly reset the date and time after replacing a battery, you must prevent the host from automatically powering on, and also disable any NTP server connections. Before you remove power from the server, perform these steps.
-> show /SP/policy HOST_AUTO_POWER_ON /SP/policy Properties: HOST_AUTO_POWER_ON = enabled
-> set /SP/policy HOST_AUTO_POWER_ON=disabled
-> show /SP/clock usentpserver /SP/clock Properties: usentpserver = enabled
-> set /SP/clock usentpserver=disabled
Replacing the battery is a cold-service procedure. The server must be completely powered down before performing this procedure.
The following example sets the date to August 22, 2016, and the timezone to EDT.
-> set /SP/clock datetime=0812213202016 timezone=EDT Set 'datetime' to '0812213202016' Set 'timezone' to 'PEDT' -> show -d properties /SP/clock /SP/clock Properties: datetime = Mon Aug 22 13:20:16 2016 timezone = EDT (EST5EDT) uptime = 2 days, 19:56:49 usentpserver = disabled
-> set /SP/policy HOST_AUTO_POWER_ON=enabled
-> set /SP/clock usentpserver=enabled
Check the status of the system battery.
-> show /SYS/MB/BAT