User Guide

4-4 Configuration

– MegaRAID Controllers: Enable Background initialization

and initialization rate are not available. MegaRAID

controllers perform background initialization on the first

write or after 5 minutes.

– Consistency Check Rate.

– Change the default Rate Controls to less than or equal

to 50. Do this by using the slide bar or typing the rate in

the edit box. A rate of 50 dedicates the maximum

allowable resources to a Consistency Check allowing it

to proceed at its fastest. Lowering the number devotes

more resources to I/Os and consequently slows the

Consistency Check process.

– MORE Rate.

– Mylex Controllers: Change the default Rate Controls to

less than or equal to 50. Do this by using the slide bar

or typing the rate in the edit box. A rate of 50 dedicates

the maximum allowable resources to an array expansion

or other MORE operation allowing it to proceed at its

fastest. Lowering the number devotes more resources to

I/Os and consequently slows any MORE process.

– MegaRAID Controllers: Changing the MORE rate is not

available.

– Auto Drive Sizing.

– Mylex Controllers: Allows the software to set similar drive

sizes (e.g. 4.0 GB, 4.1 GB, 4.2 GB) to a common size

automatically without the need to edit the mylexdrv.siz

file. This leads to smoother operation by allowing drives

of similar sizes to be treated as identical sizes for hot

spares, replacement drives, and within arrays. If you

disable this option, the software will read and use the

current contents of mylexdrv.siz.

– MegaRAID Controllers: Auto Drive Sizing is

automatically enabled.

Change some of the following Startup Parameters:

– Disk Spin-up. On Command drive spin-up only.