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Diagnostic tools – HP Integrity rx4640 Server User Manual

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Diagnosing array problems 45

Item ID Color

Description

2

Green

Auxiliary Power LED. This LED glows steadily when 3.3V
auxiliary voltage is detected. The auxiliary voltage is used

to preserve BBWC data and is available any time that the
system power cords are connected to a power supply.

3

Amber

Battery Health LED. To interpret the illumination patterns of
this LED, see the following table.

4

Green

BBWC Status LED. To interpret the illumination patterns of

this LED, see the following table.

LED3 pattern

LED4 pattern

Interpretation

One blink every

two seconds

The system is powered down, and the cache contains data that has

not yet been written to the drives. Restore system power as soon as
possible to prevent data loss.
Data preservation time is extended any time that 3.3 V auxiliary
power is available, as indicated by LED 2. In the absence of

auxiliary power, battery power alone preserves the data. A fully-
charged battery can normally preserve data for at least two days.
The battery lifetime also depends on the cache module size. For
further information, refer to the controller QuickSpecs on the HP

website (

http://www.hp.com

).

— Double

blink,

then pause

The cache microcontroller is waiting for the host controller to
communicate.

One blink per
second

The battery pack is below the minimum charge level and is being
charged. Features that require a battery (such as write cache,

capacity expansion, stripe size migration, and RAID migration) are

temporarily unavailable until charging is complete. The recharge
process takes between 15 minutes and two hours, depending on the

initial capacity of the battery.

Steady glow

The battery pack is fully charged, and posted write data is stored in
the cache.

Off

The battery pack is fully charged, and there is no posted write data
in the cache.

One blink per

second

One blink per

second

An alternating green and amber blink pattern indicates that the

cache microcontroller is executing from within its boot loader and
receiving new flash code from the host controller.

Steady glow

There is a short circuit across the battery terminals or within the
battery pack. BBWC features are disabled until the battery pack is

replaced. The life expectancy of a battery pack is typically more

than three years.

One blink per
second

There is an open circuit across the battery terminals or within the
battery pack. BBWC features are disabled until the battery pack is

replaced. The life expectancy of a battery pack is typically more
than three years.

Diagnostic tools

Several diagnostic tools provide feedback about problems with arrays.