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Chapter 5: Monitoring and Managing
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• S.M.A.R.T. Status – SMART, an acronym for Self-Monitoring Analysis and
Reporting Technology, is a feature of the physical drive software. When this
feature is supported, the drive will pass SMART information to the SATA
controller when it polls the physical drives.
• Write Cache Status – Indicates whether the physical drive’s write cache is
Enabled or Disabled. You can change this status under the Settings tab (see
below).
• SATA – The SATA data rate of the physical drive, 1.5 Gb/s or 3Gb/s.
• Command Queue – Shows NCQ (Native Command Queueing) if supported
by this physical drive.
Making Physical Drive Settings
Physical Drive Settings allows you to enable or disable the Write Cache on an
individual physical drive. To access the physical drive setting:
1. Click Physical Drive View in Tree View.
2. Click the Physical Drive on which you want to make settings.
3. Click the Settings tab in Management View.
4. Click the Enable or Disable options.
The options appear that the physical drives supports.
5. Click the Submit button.