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Battery Properties and Tasks

Dell OpenManage™ Storage Management User's Guide

Use this window to view information about the battery and execute battery tasks.

Battery Properties

The battery tree-view object has the following properties.

Property

Definition

These icons represent the severity or health of the storage component. See Storage Component Severity for more information.

Name
This property displays the name of the battery.

State
This property displays the current status of the battery. Possible values are:
Ready — The battery is functioning normally.

Degraded — The battery needs to be reconditioned.

Missing — The controller is missing a battery.

Power Low — The battery charge is low and the battery needs to be reconditioned.

Failed — The battery has failed and needs to be replaced.

Recharge Count
This property displays the number of times the controller's battery has been recharged.

Max Recharge Count
This property displays the maximum number of times the controller's battery can be recharged.

Property	Definition
	These icons represent the severity or health of the storage component. See Storage Component Severity for more information.
Name	This property displays the name of the battery.
State	This property displays the current status of the battery. Possible values are: Ready — The battery is functioning normally. Degraded — The battery needs to be reconditioned. Missing — The controller is missing a battery. Power Low — The battery charge is low and the battery needs to be reconditioned. Failed — The battery has failed and needs to be replaced.
Recharge Count	This property displays the number of times the controller's battery has been recharged.
Max Recharge Count	This property displays the maximum number of times the controller's battery can be recharged.

Battery Tasks: Recondition Battery

After you have installed the controller, it notifies you every six months that a battery reconditioning cycle is required. This reconditioning cycle requires a full discharge and recharge of the battery. It ensures that the battery's capacity is being measured correctly and that the battery's full holdover time is maintained. See RAID Controller Batteries for more information.

The controller battery should be reconditioned every six months. In addition, the controller battery should be reconditioned in the following circumstances:

The controller reports the battery state as Degraded or Low Charge. See Battery Properties for more information on the battery state.
The controller generates event 2145 indicating that the battery needs reconditioning.

The battery recondition takes approximately 8 to 10 hours. During this time, the battery is fully discharged and recharged. The battery holdover time is reduced to zero (during discharge) and then restored as the battery is fully charged. The write cache is disabled during the battery recondition resulting in performance degradation.

Do the following to recondition the controller battery:

Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.
Expand the controller object.
Select the Battery object.
Select Recondition Battery from the Available Tasks drop-down menu.
Click Execute.

Note: Some controllers do not have batteries. Other controllers have lithium ion batteries which are automatically reconditioned and therefore do not have a Recondition task in Storage Management.

Related information:

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