Console Message upon boot

[rebuilder]

Running pfSense 2.4.4-p3 amd 64 on a Dell 610 server. Receiving the message on the console screen "mfi0: 47906 (651838302s/0x0008/info) - Battery Charge complete" right after warm boot.
Never got a message like this before over a long period.
Like to know if the cause is likely to be pfSense software or a hardware related issue. The are only two batteries in the R610, one for the bios and another for the raid controller.
Comments or suggestions would be appreciated.

[stephenw10]

mfi0 is the drive controller. See: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mfi

[johnpoz]

Since it seems that is the raid controller, guess its telling you its battery is fully charged ;)

On side note, I would suggest you look to upgrading to 2.4.5p1

[stephenw10]

Mmm, the fact it now reports that frequently and didn't before could be the battery aging perhaps. Assuming that's with the same mfi driver and firmware that is.

Steve

[rebuilder]

I think stevenw10's suggestion of a new battery is prudent. I will order a new one today

[rebuilder]

update on past correspondence:

I changed out the battery and there were no messages (about one month) until this morning.The console reported two lines:

mf10:47976 (654780122c/0x0008/info) - current battery capacity is above threshold
mf10:47976 (654780122c/0x0008/info) - BBU enabled: changing WT vir WB

Appreciate any comments or suggestions

[stephenw10]

The new battery is the same rated capacity? If it's higher the firmware could be flagging that as unexpected as shown there.

Steve

[rebuilder]

Battery is identical Dell battery. Same capacity and voltage

[stephenw10]

The capacity is usually calculated from the charge current and the time taken to charge. In general brand new batteries can take a few cycles to normalise that.

If that's the first time you've seen that I would not worry about it.

I doubt there is anything we can do about it in pfSense anyway. It would be some Dell firmware setting if anything can be set.

Steve

[stephenw10]

Does it look to return rational values from: mfiutil show battery ?

It does in fact look like there are some values you can set for the BBU there:
https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mfiutil

Steve

[rebuilder]

entering option 8 on the console
run mfiutil show battery
mfi0:Battery State

manufacturer date 2/27/2020
serial 2102
mfr Sanyo
model DLU8735
Chemistry ` LION
Design Capacity 1900 mah
Full Charge Capacity 1693 mah
Current Capacity 1685 mah
Charge Cycles 2
Current Charge 100%
Design Voltage 3700 mv
Current Voltage 4120 mv
Temperature 20 C
Autolearn Period 90 days
Next Lean Time Mon Dec 28 10:54:42 2020
Learn Delay Interval 0 hours
Autolearn Model enabled
Status Normal
State of Health Good

Everything looks OK from my perspective although the operating voltage is high at 4.120 volts.

Thanks for your help.

[stephenw10]

Yeah that looks good. It might have reported something higher on the first charge cycle. I would expect it to change a bit after a few more cycles as it learns.

Steve