PeteNetLive - KB0000125 - Event ID 1204 and 1206

0000125

Dated

10/11/09

Revision

0.01

Event ID 1206 and 1204

Problem

Event 1206 and 120

Solution

Drive Array Accelerator Battery Failed. The array accelerator board attached to the array controller in Slot 3 is reporting a battery failure.

and / or

Drive Array Accelerator Status Change. The array accelerator board attached to the array controller in Slot 3 has a new status of 4.
(Accelerator status values: 1=other, 2=notConfigured, 3=enabled, 4=tmpDisabled, 5=permDisabled)

Cause:
The Battery Write back cache module in your raid card is being reported as "Failed"

Fix:
Two possible fix's

1. Go to HP and do a search for EX040528_CW01 this article states that this error can occur on HP Raid controllers that have a firmware version before 2.48 - Download and install the firmware upgrade (2.48 or above), Its just an exe file run it and reboot.

if that doesnt fix it...........

The BWBC is broken replace it.

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