Support bulletin CSB-09010-02 talks about new firmware to address battery charging issues on 2020 and 2050 filers.
Maybe this is the same issue you are seeing on the 3040?
A call to support is probably in order.
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From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Zeeshan Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 2:32 PM To: Toasters List Subject: NVRAM Battery Failure
Hello all... recently i ran into a strange problem...i have a fas 3040 in active-active configuration...everything running fine untill one fine morning the NVRAM charging stopped...the filer gave warning messages and then out of a sudden halted...and then the failover tookover the filer... now the problem is that i dont want the cluster to takeover...since netapp has promised replacements within 5 days...when i disable failover after some time, the filer automatically halts/shut down... how can i disable this auto shutting down...and has anybody else have this NVRAM charging failure??? reasons ofr this???
Thanx