Hi everybody,
quite a silly question, but still putting it (though I know that there may be an oodleplex of possibilities):
I had to change the BIOS battery on an ML110 G5. To do so, I disconnected it from the power (which may not have been too clever in hindsight).
It now powers up and runs its RAID 1 of 2 HDDs perfectly. Windows Server 2008 starts, all programs seem to work perfectly, too. All network resources are present and still have their correct share options selected. Internet is working, updates are coming in and I can open a browser and surf.
Now the problem: I do not get any connection to the other about 15 clients hanging on the same switch which all need shared resources from the server. Neither do the client connect (all shared resources are unavailable) nor does the server get messages through to the clients (they usually can all be locked, shut down or restarted with a protection card disabled to enable client-side updates which otherwise are blocked).
Now the (silly) question: Does anybody have an idea whether a simple BIOS (machine name or other) setting may be missing after changing the battery or whether there is a way to load the previous BIOS configuration? I have not found anything helpful in the Maintenance and Service Manual.