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RAID Controller Batteries
Some RAID controllers have batteries. If the controller has a battery, Storage
Management displays the battery under the controller object in the tree view.
In the event of a power outage, the controller battery preserves data that is in
the volatile cache memory (SRAM) but not yet written to disk. The battery is
designed to provide a minimum of 24 hours back up.
When a RAID controller is first installed in a server, the battery may need
charging. The battery is fully charged in 30 minutes.
For more information on Alert Messages, see the Dell OpenManage Server
Administrator Messages References Guide at support.dell.com/manuals.
Related Information:
Battery Properties and Tasks
Start Learn Cycle
Battery Delay Learn Cycle
Battery Properties and Tasks
Use this window to view information about the battery and execute battery
tasks.
Battery Properties
The battery tree-view object has the following properties.