Hello The system is designed to be constantly powered. It is normal for the batteries to drain when the system is not powered. The batteries are in good condition if they are able to maintain a 24 hour charge. Once they can no longer hold a 24 hour charge they should report as failed. If you let the batteries drain below a certain threshold they will disable write cache until they cross that charge threshold. Any time the controller is charging the battery and not just maintaining the charge it is normal for it to report as charging. Thanks
Greetings, first post and a newbie at servers.  I'm refurbing a Dell PowerEdge R710 (Gen11) server. It's either a 5503 or 5504 (Have found specs that point to both #'s) (2Ghz) It has PERC6/I and PERC6/E (Powervault MD1000). All firmware and drivers are up to date. I had to install new batteries for both PERC's.  There was the initial charging period and then they both show up charged and fine in OpenManage. Since I'm refurbing, I power down at night. When I boot the next morning the batteries say charging. They charge for a bit then show OK. This happens every night since 11/26. It this normal and does the server have to run all the time or is this an issue with the (less expensive) ebay batteries?  Shouldn't a charged battery hold a charge overnight? Does it on both PERCS. Any feedback or suggestions would be appreciated.  Thanks!
Question about R710 PERC6 batteries and charging...