NVRAM Battery Low Alert on FAS8300/FAS8700/AFF A400 system
Applies to
- AFF A400
- FAS8300
- FAS8700
- ONTAP Releases
- ONTAP 9.16.1 and all later releases
- ONTAP 9.15.1P5 and later
- ONTAP 9.14.1P10 and later
- ONTAP 9.13.1P13 and later
- ONTAP 9.12.1P16 and later
- BMC 13.11P1
Issue
EMS-LOG-FILEshows:
ALERT monitor.shutdown.nvramLowBattery.pending: NVRAM battery is dangerously low. Halting system in 24 hours. Replace the battery immediately!
ALERT callhome.battery.low: Call home for BATTERY_LOW.
EMERGENCY monitor.nvramLowBattery: NVRAM battery is dangerously low.
ERROR nvmem.battery.capLowWarn: The NVMEM battery capacity is below normal (4 cycles).ALERT monitor.shutdown.nvramLowBattery.pending: NVRAM battery is dangerously low. Halting system in 23 hours. Replace the battery immediately!- NVMEM battery capacity is below normal:
::*> system node environment sensors show -name "Bat Curr"|"Bat Dstg Cycles"
Node Sensor State Value/Units Crit-Low Warn-Low Warn-Hi Crit-Hi
---- --------------------- ------ ----------- -------- -------- ------- -------
Node01
Bat Curr normal
0 mA - - 1225 1475
Bat Dstg Cycles warn-low
4 cycles 2 5 - -
Node02
Bat Curr normal
0 mA - - 1225 1475
Bat Dstg Cycles normal
14 cycles 2 5 - -SP-LATEST-STATISTICSshows the drop in relative charge:
=-=-=-=-=-= Tue Jul 08, 2025 00:27:02 +0530 SP-LATEST-STATISTICS 1 line
RelativeCharge : 21 %
=-=-=-=-=-= Tue Jul 08, 2025 13:13:18 +0530 SP-LATEST-STATISTICS 1 line
RelativeCharge : 21 %
=-=-=-=-=-= Wed Jul 09, 2025 00:17:03 +0530 SP-LATEST-STATISTICS 1 line
RelativeCharge : 19 %
=-=-=-=-=-= Wed Jul 09, 2025 13:13:18 +0530 SP-LATEST-STATISTICS 1 line
RelativeCharge : 19 %
=-=-=-=-=-= Thu Jul 10, 2025 00:37:04 +0530 SP-LATEST-STATISTICS 1 line
RelativeCharge : 18 %
=-=-=-=-=-= Thu Jul 10, 2025 13:13:18 +0530 SP-LATEST-STATISTICS 1 line
RelativeCharge : 18 %