User guide
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- About this User Guide
- Introducing the 3ware® SATA RAID Controller
- Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID Controller
- First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM
- Driver Installation
- Driver Installation Under Windows
- Driver Installation Under Linux
- Obtaining 3ware Linux Drivers
- Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux or Fedora Core 5
- Materials required
- Creating a Red Hat Linux Driver Diskette
- Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module while Installing Red Hat Linux on a New Unit
- Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on a Red Hat or Fedora Core Linux System that Boots From a Different Device
- About Variables In the Kernel Driver Module Installation Instructions
- Driver Installation Under SuSE Linux
- Compiling a 3ware Driver for Linux
- Driver Installation Under FreeBSD
- 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2) Introduction
- 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) Introduction
- Configuring Your Controller
- Configuring Units
- Configuring a New Unit
- Creating a Hot Spare
- Naming a Unit
- Setting Unit Policies
- Changing An Existing Configuration by Migrating
- Deleting a Unit
- Removing a Unit
- Moving a Unit from One Controller to Another
- Adding a Drive
- Removing a Drive
- Rescanning the Controller
- Maintaining Units
- Checking Unit and Drive Status through 3DM
- About Degraded Units
- About Inoperable Units
- Alarms, Errors, and Other Events
- Background Tasks
- Scheduling Background Tasks
- Locating a Drive by Blinking Its LED
- Maintaining Your Controller
- Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware Driver
- Updating the Firmware and Driver
- Downloading the Driver and Firmware
- Updating the Firmware Through 3DM 2
- Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware Under Windows
- Using the Update Utility With Multiple Controllers
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat or Fedora Core
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD
- Updating the Firmware Under Linux and FreeBSD
- Viewing Battery Information
- Testing Battery Capacity
- 3DM 2 Reference
- Troubleshooting
- Appendices
- Index
Chapter 12. Troubleshooting
258 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
Background Information
The test estimates how many hours the Battery Backup Unit will be able to
back up the 3ware RAID controller in case of a power failure.
This test performs a full battery charge/discharge/re-charge cycle and may
take up to 20 hours to complete. During this test the Battery Backup Unit
cannot backup the 3ware RAID controller. In addition, all units have their
write cache disabled until the test completes.
Action
None required.
See Also
See the Install Guide for your controller.
004F Cache synchronization skipped
Event Type
Warning
Cause
The cache synchronization that is normally performed when power is restored
after a power failure was skipped and write data is still being backed up in the
controller cache. This can occur if a unit was physically removed or became
inoperable during the power outage.
Action
Return missing drive(s) to the controller so that the missing write data can be
saved.
0050 Battery capacity test completed
Event Type
Information
Cause
The Battery Backup Unit has completed a battery capacity test.
The BBU is again able to backup the 3ware RAID controller and write cache
has been re-enabled for all units. (During the test, backup and write cache
were disabled).