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Call home for BATTERY (charge FET off) WARNING

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Applies to

  • FAS8040
  • ONTAP 9.7P8
  • Service Processor (SP) 3.10

Issue

  • ONTAP hourly reports "BATTERY (charge FET off)" warning in the EMS logs.

​​​​Example:

2/20/2021 08:28:44 node02 ALERT callhome.battery.warning: Call home for BATTERY (charge FET off) WARNING.
2/20/2021 08:28:14 node02 ERROR nvram.battery.chargeFET.off: The NVRAM battery charge FET is off. To prevent data loss, the system will shut down in 20 hours.
2/20/2021 07:28:44 node02 ALERT callhome.battery.warning: Call home for BATTERY (charge FET off) WARNING.
2/20/2021 07:28:14 node02 ERROR nvram.battery.chargeFET.off: The NVRAM battery charge FET is off. To prevent data loss, the system will shut down in 21 hours.
2/20/2021 06:28:44 node02 ALERT callhome.battery.warning: Call home for BATTERY (charge FET off) WARNING.
2/20/2021 06:28:14 node02 ERROR nvram.battery.chargeFET.off: The NVRAM battery charge FET is off. To prevent data loss, the system will shut down in 22 hours.
2/20/2021 05:28:44 node02 ALERT callhome.battery.warning: Call home for BATTERY (charge FET off) WARNING.
2/20/2021 05:28:14 node02 ERROR nvram.battery.chargeFET.off: The NVRAM battery charge FET is off. To prevent data loss, the system will shut down in 23 hours.
2/20/2021 04:28:44 node02 ALERT callhome.battery.warning: Call home for BATTERY (charge FET off) WARNING.
2/20/2021 04:28:14 node02 ERROR nvram.battery.chargeFET.off: The NVRAM battery charge FET is off. To prevent data loss, the system will shut down in 24 hours.

  • SP log "system sensors" show "Charge FET" off.

Example:

Bat_Present      | 0x0        | discrete   | Present    | na        | na        | na        | na        
Bat_Temp         | 20.000     | degrees C  | ok         | 0.000     | 5.000     | 53.000    | 58.000    
Bat_Volt         | 8.000      | Volts      | ok         | 5.500     | 5.600     | 8.500     | 8.600     
Bat_Curr         | 0.000      | Amps       | ok         | -4.000    | -0.040    | 1.200     | 1.520     
Bat_Rem_Cap      | 3.072      | Amps * hour | ok         | na        | na        | na        | na        
Bat_Full_Cap     | 3.072      | Amps * hour | ok         | na        | na        | na        | na        
Bat_Charge_Curr  | 0.000      | Amps       | ok         | na        | na        | 2.200     | 2.300     
Bat_Charge_Volt  | 0.000      | Volts      | ok         | na        | na        | 8.900     | 9.000     
Bat_Design_Cap   | 5.500      | Amps * hour | ok         | na        | na        | na        | na        
Bat_Initial_Fcc  | 4.200      | Amps * hour | ok         | na        | na        | na        | na        
Bat_Dstg_Cycles  | 45.000     | cycles     | ok         | 2.000     | 5.000     | na        | na        
Bat_Power_Fault  | 0x0        | discrete   | Deasserted | na        | na        | na        | na        
Bat_Tca_Status   | 0x0        | discrete   | Asserted   | na        | na        | na        | na        
Bat_Dcharge_FET  | 0x0        | discrete   | Deasserted | na        | na        | na        | na        
Bat_Charge_FET   | 0x0        | discrete   | Asserted   | na        | na        | na        | na        
Bat_Pack_Invalid | 0x0        | discrete   | Deasserted | na        | na        | na        | na     

  • SP log "events all" also shows "charge FET" off and does not automatically recover.
Example:
Fri Feb 19 19:22:06.182655 2021 [IPMI.notice]: c601 | 02 | EVT: 0300ffff | Bat_Tca_Status | Assertion Event, "State Deasserted"
Fri Feb 19 19:28:13.791368 2021 [IPMI.notice]: c701 | 02 | EVT: 0301ffff | Bat_Tca_Status | Assertion Event, "State Asserted"
Fri Feb 19 19:28:13.876524 2021 [IPMI.notice]: c801 | 02 | EVT: 0301ffff | Bat_Charge_FET | Assertion Event, "State Asserted"
Fri Feb 19 19:28:14.081617 2021 [Agent.notice]: 727.659: 11 : Controller Attention LED asserted 
Fri Feb 19 19:28:14.081784 2021 [Agent.notice]: 727.659: 14 : Attention LED (at Midplane) asserted
 

 

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