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most servers from power uctuations or failures, a BBM provides
an additional level of protection. In the event of a power failure,
a BBM supplies power to retain data in the RAID controller’s
cache, thereby permitting any potentially dirty data in the cache
to be ushed out to secondary storage when power is restored.
The batteries in the BBM are recharged continuously through
a trickle-charging process whenever the system power is on.
The batteries protect data in a failed server for up to three or
four days, depending on the size of the memory module. Under
normal operating conditions, the batteries last for three years
before replacement is necessary.
• Recovery ROM
RAID controller rmware is stored on the ash ROM and is ex-
ecuted by the I/O processor. The rmware can also be updated
through the RAID controllers PCIe 2.0 bus port or Ethernet port
without the need to replace any hardware chips. During the
controller rmware upgrade ash process, it is possible for a
problem to occur resulting in corruption of the controller rm-
ware. With our Redundant Flash Image feature, the controller
will revert back to the last known version of rmware and con-
tinue operating. This reduces the risk of system failure due to
rmware crash.
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