MegaRAID Storage Manager Online Help System

Monitoring Server Events and Devices > Monitoring Battery Backup Units > Battery Learn Cycle

Battery Learn Cycle

Learn Cycle is a battery calibration operation performed by the controller periodically to determine the condition of the battery. You can start battery learn cycles manually or automatically. To choose automatic battery learn cycles, enable automatic learn cycles. To choose manual battery learn cycles, disable automatic learn cycles.

If you enable automatic learn cyles, you can delay the start of the learn cycles for up to 168 hours (7 days). If you disable automatic learn cycles, you can start the learn cycles manually, and you can choose to receive a reminder to start a manual learn cycle.

Setting Learn Cycle Properties

To set the learn cycle properties, perform the following steps:

  1. Click the Physical tab to open the physical view.
  2. Select the BBU icon in the left panel.
  3. Click the Operations tab.
  4. The BBU operations appear.
  5. Select Set Learn Cycle Properties.
  6. The options appear in the right frame.
  7. To enable automatic learn cycles, click Enable automatic learn cycles and click Go.
  8. You can delay the start of the next learn cycle by up to 7 days
    (168 hours) using the Delay next learn cycle field.
  9. To disable automatic learn cycles, click Disable automatic learn cycles and click Go.
  10. You can start the learn cycles manually. In addition, you can check the box next to the field Remind me when to start a learn cycle to receive a reminder to start a manual learn cycle.
Starting a Learn Cycle Manually

To start the learn cycle properties manually, perform the following steps:

  1. Click the Physical tab to open the physical view.
  2. Select the BBU icon in the left panel.
  3. Click the Operations tab.
  4. The BBU operations appear.
  5. Click Start Learn Cycle and click Go.

Another method for using the BBU operations is to right-click the BBU icon to open the operations menu and select Start Learn Cycle.


DB09-000202-02 37857-00 Rev. C  August 2009
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