Re: cache battery expiration

[Jerry Draper <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Resouce DC01 as noted below.

Are you saying the after 2 minutes of no battery the timer will 
automatically reset itself or is this a manual process the CE does after 
the battery replacement?

Jerry

On 12/12/2013 12:21 PM, DrFranken wrote:
> You say 520 but didn't say where in the 520. It's possible that if the
> battery was not disconnected  for the requisite 2-minutes that it did
> NOT reset and therefore the timer kept counting. Now you've got a 'dead'
> battery.
>
> Since he needs to redo the process in order to correct the issue, make
> him bring a new battery too!
>
>           - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis
>
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> On 12/12/2013 2:35 PM, Jerry Draper wrote:
>
> > We have a IBMi 520 and the cache battery went through the normal warning
> > process (90 days until doom, etc.) so the CE replaced the batteries in a
> > timely fashion.
> >
> > A few days ago we got the "serious hardware problem exists" message.
> > The disks were running in a degraded state and, in SST, the cache
> > batteries showed they were in "error condition".
> >
> > My understanding is that there is are no sensors on the cache battery
> > packs and that the expiration system is manual and lives independently
> > on its own.
> >
> > We are wondering if the replacement cache batteries actually failed or
> > if the CE forgot to reset the "days to warning/expiration" data area in SST.
> >
> > What gives here?
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> >
> > >                                   Battery Information
> > >
> > >    Resource name . . . . . . . . . . . :   DC01
> > >    Actual type-model . . . . . . . . . :   573D-001
> > >    Unit ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   U787F.001.DPM2TZD
> > >    Planar ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   P1
> > >    Card  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   C8
> > >    Battery type  . . . . . . . . . . . :   Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH)
> > >    Battery state . . . . . . . . . . . :   Error condition
> > >    Power-on time (days)  . . . . . . . :   820
> > >    Adjusted power-on time (days) . . . :   1087
> > >    Estimated time to warning (days)  . :   0
> > >    Estimated time to error (days)  . . :   0
> > >    Concurrently maintainable           :
> > >      battery pack . . . . . . . . . . .:   No
> > >    Battery pack can be safely replaced :   Yes