Technical Knowledge Base

Gen 6 BBU

  1. Replace battery and riser, order these together as a set.
    ../../../Images/EMC/Isilon/BBUriser.png
  2. Check firmware that needs to be upgraded
isi upgrade firmware devices | grep bcc_infinity
  1. Update node FW
isi upgrade cluster firmware start --nodes-to-upgrade=<node number> --include-device=<firmware from above command> --rolling

If you receive a syntax error here, follow instructions on building the right syntax. It can vary slightly between OneFS versions

  1. Checking battery status
isi_hwmon -b BatteryMonitoring
isi batterystatus list

Helpful Commands if Stuck

Force battery test

isi_hwmon -s

Can take up to 20 minutes\

Verify battery test

grep -i "battery test" /var/log/isi_hwmon.log

Disable read-only status

/usr/bin/isi_hwtools/isi_read_only --unset=system-status-not-good

Stale Upgrade

isi upgrade archive --clear
isi upgrade view
isi upgrade nodes firmware progress list
isi upgrade view
isi upgrade node list