Warnings, Warnings 9-7 – Chaparral K5312/K7313 User Manual

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Troubleshooting

9-7

Warnings

Warning events let you know that something related to the controller or an array has a
problem. You should correct the problem as soon as possible. Table 9-1 below
defines each warning event and recommends the action you should take.

Table 9-1. Warning events

Event

Definition

Recommended Action

BATT FAIL INFO

A warning condition in the
battery pack and/or charging
interface has been detected.

Replace the battery. Refer to the
enclosure’s documentation.

REPLACE
BATTERY

The battery is approaching its
3-year life span.

Replace the battery.

ARRAY
CRITICAL

One or more drives were
downed and the array is online
but no longer fault tolerant.

Add a spare to the array or to the
spare pool. Then replace the bad
drives. See Adding a Dedicated
Spare
on page 6-2
or Adding a
Spare to the Spare Pool
on
page 6-5
.

DRIVE DOWN

An error occurred with the
drive and it was downed,
removing it from the active
array.

Add a spare to the array or to the
spare pool. Then replace the bad
drive. See Adding a Dedicated
Spare
on page 6-2
or Adding a
Spare to the Spare Pool
on
page 6-5
.

SPARE
UNUSABLE

The drive still contains
metadata that must be cleared.

Clear the metadata from the spare
drive. See Clearing Metadata
from a Drive
on page 8-4.

SMART EVENT

A disk drive IEPC
(informational exceptions page
control) predictive failure
message was received. No
actions by the controller are
taken on the drive for these
events.

Run diagnostics available from
your operating system on the
affected drive. Replace the drive,
if necessary.

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