Battery banks consist of many batteries connected in series to provide the correct voltage for a system. Typical system voltages are 12, 24, 48, & 120 Volts DC. These can consist of many individual batteries, either 12, 6 or 2 volts connected in series. Occasionally batteries will be connected with 2 (or 3) parallel strings to increase the overall capacity of a battery bank.
Series is OK as long as all the batteries in the series string are identical.