Conditioning The Battery - Mylex Global Array Manager Installation Manual And User's Manual

• Discharge Battery. Currently inactive. Reserved for future use.
• Fast Charge. To initiate a fast charge on the battery, select Fast
Charge, then click Apply. A fast charge also occurs when the controller
is powered on.
• Stop Recondition. Only enabled when a recondition process is
underway. To stop the recondition process, select Stop Recondition,
then click Apply.
• Apply. Applies and saves the changes made in the BBU dialog box.
• Cancel. Exits the dialog box but does not stop the current action.

Conditioning the Battery

A full battery condition cycle consists of discharging and recharging the
battery. The condition cycle must start with a fully charged battery. Normally
the battery is automatically recharged, but in a new system or a system that
has been subjected to a power outage, recharging may be necessary and may
take several hours.
Note
Do not interrupt the reconditioning process.
The system administrator must initiate the condition cycle manually. The
condition cycle must complete without an interruption of power. In addition,
the operator must not interrupt the cycle by initiating a fast charge or another
condition cycle. If the cycle is interrupted for any reason, the batteries must
be recharged and the recondition process must be restarted.
Note
During the reconditioning, write back cache mode
will be disabled. This may slow normal operations.
Therefore, schedule this operation accordingly.
To ensure that the battery is fully charged and properly conditioned:
1. Choose Intelligent BBU from the Administration menu if the BBU
dialog box is not currently displayed.
2. Make sure the "% Charge Level" is 100. If the battery is currently
charging, Do Not continue until the Charge Level is 100.
3. Under Actions, select Recondition Battery, then click Apply.
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