H700 - I2C cannot find idle bus

Issue:

Battery shown in state failed by monitoring software.  OpenManage Server Administrator CLI shows battery state = failed / battery status = critical. RAID controller log of PERC H700 shows several of the following lines:

Solution:

I2C messages in the controller log refer to internal communication (to iDRAC for example) on the SMbus.  These messages can be ignored. 

Additional Information:

I2C 1 reset

I2C 1 cannot find idle bus!

I2C b PID 1 TIMEOUT!

I2C 1 reset

I2C messages in the controller log refer to internal communication (to iDRAC for example) on the SMbus.  These messages can be ignored.