Drop-down Menu Battery Tasks:
l Recondition Battery
l Start Learn Cycle
l Battery Delay Learn Cycle
Recondition Battery
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
Some controllers have NiMHi batteries which need to be reconditioned approximately every six months to maintain reliability. 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. For more information, see RAID Controller Batteries.
The controller battery should be reconditioned when either of the following occurs:
l The controller reports the battery state as Degraded. For more information on the battery state, see Battery Properties.
l The controller generates event 2145 indicating that the battery needs reconditioning.
For information on Alert Messages, see the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide at support.dell.com/manuals.
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.
To recondition the controller battery:
1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.
2. Expand the controller object.
3. Select the Battery object.
4. Select Recondition Battery from the Available Tasks drop-down menu.
5. Click Execute.
Related information:
l Battery Properties
Start Learn Cycle
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
Use the Start Learn Cycle task to initiate the battery learn cycle.
The battery learn cycle discharges and then fully charges the controller battery.
The Learn cycle recalibrates the battery integrated circuit so that the controller can determine whether the battery can maintain the controller cache for the
prescribed period of time in the event of a power loss. For example, some controller batteries are required to maintain the controller cache for 72 hours.
While the Learn cycle is in progress, the battery may not be able to maintain the cache during a power loss. If the controller is using write-back cache policy,
then the controller changes to write-through cache policy until the Learn cycle completes. The write-through cache policy writes the data directly to the disk
and reduces the risk that data can be lost in the cache if there is a power loss.
The controller firmware automatically initiates the Learn cycle every 90 days. You can, however, delay the start time of the Learn cycle for a further seven
days, after which the firmware automatically initiates the Learn cycle. For more information, see Battery Delay Learn Cycle.
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