battery question

[P.A]

Yeah I don't have the luxury since its out of warranty, just trying to
figure out what this means and  what will happen if it fails.

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[mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at lists.us.dell.com] On Behalf Of Dimitri
Yioulos
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 12:21 PM
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Subject: Re: battery question

On Thursday 11 June 2009 12:12:35 pm P.A wrote:
> Recently I noticed some battery warning
> messages on my logs.
>
> 2334Thu Jun 11 12:04:29 2009Storage
> ServiceController event log: Battery relearn
> completed: Controller 0 (PERC 5/i Integrated)
> 2334Thu Jun 11 12:04:29 2009Storage
> ServiceController event log: Battery started
> charging: Controller 0 (PERC 5/i Integrated)
> 2335Thu Jun 11 12:04:29 2009Storage
> ServiceController event log: Current capacity
> of the battery is below threshold: Controller 0
> (PERC 5/i Integrated) 2334Thu Jun 11 12:04:28
> 2009Storage ServiceController event log:
> Battery is discharging: Controller 0 (PERC 5/i
> Integrated) 2334Thu Jun 11 12:04:28 2009Storage
> ServiceController event log: Battery relearn in
> progress: Controller 0 (PERC 5/i Integrated)
> 2335Thu Jun 11 12:04:28 2009Storage
> ServiceController event log: Current capacity
> of the battery is below threshold: Controller 0
> (PERC 5/i Integrated)
>
> What are the implications if the battery fails,
> will I lose all raid data if I reboot? What
> should I do to fix this issue.
>
> TIA, Paul.
>

I had the same issue.  I don't know what the 
implications of a failure would be, but I didn't 
wait to find out.  Called Dell on my in-warranty 
box, got and installed replacement battery, and 
life is good.

Dimitri

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