Sun Storage T3/T3+ Array: How to Verify Battery Status

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Solution 1002468.1 : Sun Storage T3/T3+ Array: How to Verify Battery Status

Applies to:

Sun Storage T3 Array - Version All Versions and later
Sun Storage T3+ Array - Version All Versions and later
All Platforms

Goal

This document will assist in verifying the battery status for a Sun Storage T3/T3+ Array.

The steps shown below will assist you in troubleshooting symptoms including

Failed battery
Refreshing battery
Expired battery
Writethrough cache

NOTE: This is a sub-set of <Document 1018272.1> Sun StorEdge T3, T3+ and 6120 Arrays: Troubleshooting.

Solution

The steps below will help to verify and resolve battery problems.

Step 1: Verify battery status.

purple15:/: fru stat

POWER STATUS STATE   SOURCE OUTPUT BATTERY TEMP   FAN1 FAN2
----- ------ -----   ------ ------ ------- ----   ----   ----
u1pcu1 ready enabled line   normal normal normal normal normal
u1pcu2 ready enabled line normal normal normal normal normal
u2pcu1 ready enabled line   normal normal normal normal normal
u2pcu2 ready enabled line   normal normal normal normal normal

Step 2: Verify the battery is not currently refreshing by using the refresh -s command.

Example for firmware 2.x and below:

purple15:/: refresh -s

No battery refreshing Task is currently running.

PCU1 PCU2
------ ------

U1 Normal Normal
U2 Normal Normal

Current Time Fri Jun 09 16:54:53 2000
Last Refresh Thu Jun 01 12:54:19 2000
Next Refresh Fri Jun 29 12:54:19 2000

Example for firmware 3.1.x and above:

storage-t3b:/:<3> refresh -s

Current Date and Time: Mon Aug 14 09:42:34 GMT 2006
Next Scheduled Refresh: Mon Aug 28 02:00:25 GMT 2006

Battery   State     Last Health Check              Warranty Expiration
-------   -------   ----------------------------   ----------------------------
u1b1      normal    Tue Jul 25 18:47:10 GMT 2006   Fri Aug 17 08:47:10 GMT 2007
u1b2      normal    Tue Jul 25 22:38:15 GMT 2006   Thu Apr 26 13:38:15 GMT 2007
u2b1      normal    Tue Jul 25 18:45:57 GMT 2006   Fri Apr 06 17:45:57 GMT 2007
u2b2      normal    Tue Jul 25 22:38:34 GMT 2006   Thu Apr 26 13:38:34 GMT 2007

NOTE: Both examples do not have a refresh running.

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