Ds4500 Storage Server Battery Indicator Lights - IBM TotalStorage DS4000 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Table 43. DS4500 RAID controller indicator lights (continued)
Indicator light Color
1
Always use the storage management software to identify the failure.
2
There are eight status lights (the Heartbeat and seven others) that glow in various patterns, depending on the
controller status.
3
If the controller is offline, all of the indicator lights will be lit. This does not indicate failure.
Battery indicator lights
The battery has four indicator lights as shown in Figure 66 on page 98.
Note: To view the battery indicator lights, remove the DS4500 storage server bezel.
Fault-B
Amber light indicates a fault in
the left battery bank.
Normal status: Off
Problem status: On
Full Charge-B
Green light indicates the left
battery bank is fully charged.
Normal status: On
Problem status: Off
Changing status: Blinking
Figure 65. DS4500 storage server battery indicator lights
Table 44 describes the battery indicator lights.
Table 44. DS4500 storage server battery indicator lights
Indicator light Color
Fault-A or Amber
Fault-B
Full Charge-A Green
or Full
Charge-B
1
Always use the storage management software to identify the failure.
2
If either the Full Charge-A or the Full Charge-B indicator light is blinking, the battery is in the process of charging.
Normal Problem
operation indicator
Normal Problem
operation indicator
Off On
2
On Off
Possible conditions suggested by the
1
problem indicator
Full Charge-A
Green light indicates the right
battery bank is fully charged.
Normal status: On
Problem status: Off
Changing status: Blinking
Fault-A
Amber light indicates a fault in
the left battery bank.
Normal status: Off
Problem status: On
Possible conditions suggested by the
1
problem indicator
v Left or right battery bank failed.
v Battery is either discharged or defective.
v Left or right battery bank is not fully
charged.
v Power has been off for an extended period
and has drained battery power.
v Batteries are weak.
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