The PERC 5/6 is programmed to completely discharge the battery - called a learning cycle - every 90 days. If you have a way to pull the entire PERC log, it will probably say when the next scheduled cycle is. That said, a dying battery is also not out of the question, just not as likely as the learning cycle.
Machine Chk errors and memory errors on the 2950 is VERY common for early BIOS revisions. Seeing as how you have a PERC 5, I am going to assume that the BIOS has never been updated and is probably in dire need of an update.
I am getting these BBU disabled/enabled about once a day so I was assuming it wasn't part of the regular learning cycle. Would that be a correct assumption? I have seen what look to be regular learning cycles in the logs before at regular intervals and the driver would log when it was X number of days away from a relearn. I don't get any of that when these more frequent messages. So given that, I was leaning towards the battery needing to be replaced. Make sense?
That's a good assumption ... you should not be getting it every day. One more thing I'd consider:
Reseating the RAID components (controller card and battery cable).
Updating system BIOS, ESM/BMC, and RAID firmware. It is the RAID controller that manages the battery state, and the battery has a known issue that's complicating management, it could be corrected by an update.
Just a thought ... otherwise, replacing the battery has a 99% chance of correcting the problem (1% chance of the controller or connector being bad, as it is the controller that is responsible for charging the battery).
I too just got this error today. Our server rebooted and it's our main file server, I then went into OpenManage and noticed that our 2nd drive (which is mirrored) has now become a foreign disk (both of them). Problem now is there doesn't seem to be an option to put it back to normal
theflash1932
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Probably not related.
The PERC 5/6 is programmed to completely discharge the battery - called a learning cycle - every 90 days. If you have a way to pull the entire PERC log, it will probably say when the next scheduled cycle is. That said, a dying battery is also not out of the question, just not as likely as the learning cycle.
Machine Chk errors and memory errors on the 2950 is VERY common for early BIOS revisions. Seeing as how you have a PERC 5, I am going to assume that the BIOS has never been updated and is probably in dire need of an update.
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I am getting these BBU disabled/enabled about once a day so I was assuming it wasn't part of the regular learning cycle. Would that be a correct assumption? I have seen what look to be regular learning cycles in the logs before at regular intervals and the driver would log when it was X number of days away from a relearn. I don't get any of that when these more frequent messages. So given that, I was leaning towards the battery needing to be replaced. Make sense?
Thanks for the help.
theflash1932
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January 21st, 2011 12:00
That's a good assumption ... you should not be getting it every day. One more thing I'd consider:
Just a thought ... otherwise, replacing the battery has a 99% chance of correcting the problem (1% chance of the controller or connector being bad, as it is the controller that is responsible for charging the battery).
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I too just got this error today. Our server rebooted and it's our main file server, I then went into OpenManage and noticed that our 2nd drive (which is mirrored) has now become a foreign disk (both of them). Problem now is there doesn't seem to be an option to put it back to normal
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February 1st, 2012 11:00
You'll need to reboot into the RAID manager (CTRL+R), press F2 and select 'Foreign Disks > Import'