Alarm "Host battery status" triggered

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Alarm "Host battery status" triggered.

Hostd.log might show below.

YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.###Z info hostd[######] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr] Event 825413 : Hardware Sensor Status: Processor Green, Memory Green, Fan Green, Voltage Green, Temperature Green, Power Green, System Board Green, Battery Red, Storage Green, Other Green

SEL might log like below.

Record:#:
   Record Id: #
   When: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss
   Event Type: 111 (Unknown)
   SEL Type: 2 (System Event)
   Message: Assert + Battery Low
   Sensor Number: ##
   Raw: 
   Formatted-Raw: 1f 06 02 44 22 1f 6a 20 00 04 29 33 6f f0 ff ff 

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi

Cause

ESXi detects hardware problems based on the information fetched by IPMI and it's usually caused by a faulty hardware.

Resolution

Contact the hardware vendor to deal with the hardware related problem.