Displaying rechargeable battery information

Use this procedure to view information about the controller rechargeable battery using the Hardware Service Manager in the IBM® i operating system.

1. Sign on to the system with at least service level authority.
2. On the command line, type strsst. Press Enter.
3. On the System Service Tools (SST) Sign On display, type your service tools user ID and service tools password. Press Enter.
4. On the System Service Tools (SST) display, select Start a Service Tool. Press Enter.
   1. On the Start a Service Tool display, select Hardware Service Manager. Press Enter.
   2. On the Hardware Service Manager display, select Work with resources containing cache battery packs. Press Enter.
   3. Select Display battery information.

 Battery Information

 

 Resource name . . . . . . . . . . . :   DC01

 Serial number . . . . . . . . . . . :   YL3229021013

 Actual type-model . . . . . . . . . :   572F-001

 Unit ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   U5094.001.10XS187

 Planar ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   CB1

 Card  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   C01

 Battery type  . . . . . . . . . . . :   Lithium Ion (LiIon)

 Battery state . . . . . . . . . . . :   No battery warning/error

 Power-on time (days)  . . . . . . . :   215

 Adjusted power-on time (days) . . . :   236

 Estimated time to warning (days)  . :   673

 Estimated time to error (days)  . . :   756

 Concurrently maintainable           :

   battery pack . . . . . . . . . . .:   Yes

 Battery pack can be safely replaced :   No

The following are the fields displayed on the rechargeable battery information screen:

Resource name

The resource name of the selected controller.

Serial number

Serial number of the selected controller

Actual type-model

CCIN of the selected controller

Unit ID

Enclosure feature identifier containing the selected controller

Planar ID

Planar identifier containing the selected controller

Card

Physical card slot identifier containing the selected controller

Battery Type

The type of rechargeable cache battery pack.

Battery State

Indicates if an error condition currently exists related to the rechargeable cache battery pack. The possible values for this field are:

Table 1. Battery state

No battery warning/error	Warning condition	Error condition	Unknown
No warning or error condition currently exists.	A warning condition currently exists and an error has been logged.	An error condition currently exists and an error has been logged.	Information is not available to determine whether a warning or error condition currently exists.

Power-on time (days)

Indicates the raw power-on time, in units of days, of the rechargeable cache battery pack.

Adjusted power-on time (days)

Indicates the adjusted (prorated) power-on time, in units of days, of the rechargeable cache battery pack.

Note: Some rechargeable cache battery packs are negatively affected by higher temperatures and thus are prorated based on the amount of time that they spend at various ambient temperatures.

Estimated time to warning (days)

Estimated time, in units of days, until a message is issued indicating that the replacement of the rechargeable cache battery pack must be scheduled.

Estimated time to error (days)

Estimated time, in units of days, until an error is reported indicating that the rechargeable cache battery pack must be replaced.

Concurrently maintainable battery pack

Indicates if the rechargeable cache battery pack can be replaced while the controller continues to operate.

Battery pack can be safely replaced

Indicates if the controller's write cache has been disabled and the rechargeable cache battery pack can be safely replaced.