Work with resources containing cache battery packs
The Work with resources containing cache battery packs option appears on the Hardware Service Manager display when the system is in the full or limited paging environment.
The Work with resources containing cache battery packs option allows you to display a list of packaging hardware resources that contain a cache battery pack. It also provides the capability to force the battery pack into an error state for replacement.
For more information on collecting information and performing specific functions using the options and function keys from the Work with Resources Containing Cache Battery Packs display, see Collecting information and performing functions from the hardware service manager displays.
This field represents the position of the device within the enclosure as labelled on the frame.
Force battery pack into error state
The Force battery pack into error state option, available from the Work with resources containing cache battery packs display, allows you to force an IOA to put its cache battery pack into an error state. This IOA state requires replacement of the battery. Typically, this option is performed to ensure that write caching is stopped prior to replacing a cache battery pack (that is to prevent possible data loss) or when you are replacing a cache battery pack on one IOA, and want to replace other cache battery packs on IOAs in the same system which have not yet issued the cache battery warning or cache battery error.
Display battery information
The Display battery information option, only available from the Work with resources containing cache battery packs display, allows you to access information about the cache battery packs.
The following fields appear on the Battery Information display:
- Resource name
- This is the resource name that was either created by the system when the hardware was first detected, or was changed to a new value by the user. The packaging hardware resource name is different from the logical hardware resource name.
- Serial number
- This field shows the serial number of the resource as reported by the system or entered manually by the user. Only serial numbers that were initially detected as zeros can be changed by the user.
- Type-model
- This field shows the Type and model of the resource as reported by the system or entered manually by the user.
- Frame ID
- Hexadecimal identity of the frame enclosure.
- Card position
- The card position of the packaging hardware resource within the enclosure. This can be followed by a letter to specify the position of a second level card. This is represented by a decimal numeral.
- Battery type
- This field indicates the type of cache battery pack.
- Battery state
- This field indicates if an error condition currently exists related
to the cache battery pack. See the following for possible values
for this field:
- No battery warning/error. No warning or error condition currently exists.
- Warning condition. A warning condition currently exists (an entry has been placed in the PAL).
- Error condition. An error condition currently exists (an entry has been placed in the PAL).
- Unknown. Information is not available to determine whether a warning or error condition currently exists.
- Power-on time (days)
- This field indicates the raw power-on time, in units of days, of the cache battery pack.
- Adjusted power-on time (days)
- This field indicates the adjusted (prorated) power-on time, in
units of days, of the cache battery pack. Note: Some cache battery packs are negatively affected by higher temperatures and thus are prorated based on the amount of time they spend at various ambient temperatures.
- Estimated time to warning (days)
- This field indicates an estimated time, in units of days, until a warning is surfaced indicating that the cache battery pack replacement should be scheduled.