Specifications

DS300f G2 Series User Manual
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vIewInG battery InformatIon
Batteriesmaintainpowertothecontrollercacheintheeventofapowerfailure,thusprotectinganydatathat
has not been written to a physical drive.
To view battery information:
1. Click the Device tab.
2. Click the Component List icon.
3. Clickthebatteryyouwant,thenclicktheView button.
Battery information includes:
•
BatteryID
• Operationalstatus–Fullycharged,reconditionmeansareconditioningisinprocess
• Batterychemistry–LiON,etc.
• Remainingcapacity–Batterycapacityasapercentage
• Batterycelltype–Numberofcells
• Estimatedholdtime–Timeinhoursthatthebatterycanpowerthecache
• Temperaturethresholddischarge–Maximumtemperatureallowedwhenthebatteryisdischarging
• Temperaturethresholdcharge–Maximumtemperatureallowedwhenthebatteryischarging
• Batterytemperature–Actualbatterytemperature
• Cyclecount–Numberoftimesthebatterywasreconditioned
• Voltageinmillivolts
• Currentinmilliamps
reconDItIonInG a battery
Batteriesmaintainpowertothecontrollercacheintheeventofapowerfailure,thusprotectinganydatathat
has not been written to a physical drive. Reconditioning is the action of discharging and recharging a battery to
preserve its capacity and performance.
Reconditioningisabackgroundactivity,itmightaffectI/Operformance.Whenthereconditioniscompleted,
the battery’s cycle count increments by one.
Battery reconditioning is disabled by default. You can change the reconditioning status and schedule.
To recondition a battery immediately:
1. Click the Device tab.
2. Click the Component List icon.
3. Clickthebatteryyouwant,thenclicktheRecondition button.
Batteryoperationsstatuschangesto“Recondition”andthebattery’sremainingcapacityandestimatedhold
timefallandrisereectingthedischargeandrechargecyclesofthereconditioning.Thatbehaviorisnormal.
MAking schedule chAnges
To make changes the scheduled battery reconditioning:
1. Click the Administration tab.
2. Click the Background Activities icon.
The list of Background Activities displays.
3. Click the Scheduler button.
4. Mouse-over Battery Reconditioning and click the Settings button.
5. Make settings changes as required:
• StartTime
• UnchecktheEnableThisScheduleboxtodisablethisactivity.
• RecurrencePattern
• StartFrom
• EndOn
6. Click the Save button to apply the new settings.