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
262 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
005C Battery is weak
Event Type
Warning
Cause
The Battery Backup Unit periodically evaluates the health of the battery and
its ability to backup the 3ware RAID controller in case of a power failure.
This message is posted when the result of the health test is below the warning
threshold.
Action
Replace the battery pack if warnings persist.
005D Battery health check failed
Event Type
Error
Cause
The Battery Backup Unit is not able to backup the 3ware RAID controller.
The Battery Backup Unit periodically evaluates the health of the battery and
its ability to backup the 3ware RAID controller in case of a power failure.
This message is posted when the result of the health test is below the fault
threshold.
Action
Replace the battery pack. The BBU cannot presently backup the controller.
005E Cache synchronization completed
Event Type
Information
Cause
The 3ware RAID controller performs cache synchronization when system
power is restored following a power failure. This message is posted for each
unit when the cache synchronization completes successfully.
You will also see this message if drive insertion causes a unit to become
operational and retained write cache data was flushed.