Users Guide

Monitoring backplane using iDRAC settings utility...............................................................................................210
Viewing storage device topology..................................................................................................................................210
Managing physical disks................................................................................................................................................ 210
Assigning or unassigning physical disk as global hot spare.................................................................................. 211
Converting a physical disk to RAID or non-RAID mode.......................................................................................212
Managing virtual disks....................................................................................................................................................213
Creating virtual disks................................................................................................................................................213
Editing virtual disk cache policies........................................................................................................................... 215
Deleting virtual disks................................................................................................................................................ 216
Checking virtual disk consistency...........................................................................................................................216
Initializing virtual disks..............................................................................................................................................216
Encrypting virtual disks............................................................................................................................................217
Assigning or unassigning dedicated hot spares.....................................................................................................217
Managing virtual disks using web interface.......................................................................................................... 218
Managing virtual disks using RACADM..................................................................................................................219
Managing controllers......................................................................................................................................................219
Conguring controller properties............................................................................................................................219
Importing or auto importing foreign conguration...............................................................................................222
Clearing foreign conguration................................................................................................................................ 223
Resetting controller conguration......................................................................................................................... 224
Switching the controller mode...............................................................................................................................225
12 Gbps SAS HBA adapter operations.................................................................................................................. 226
Monitoring predictive failure analysis on drives.................................................................................................... 227
Controller operations in non-RAID - HBA mode...................................................................................................227
Running RAID conguration jobs on multiple storage controllers...................................................................... 227
Managing PCIe SSDs.................................................................................................................................................... 228
Inventorying and monitoring PCIe SSDs...............................................................................................................228
Preparing to remove PCIe SSD..............................................................................................................................229
Erasing PCIe SSD device data............................................................................................................................... 230
Managing enclosures or backplanes............................................................................................................................232
Conguring backplane mode..................................................................................................................................232
Viewing universal slots............................................................................................................................................ 234
Setting SGPIO mode...............................................................................................................................................235
Choosing operation mode to apply settings...............................................................................................................235
Choosing operation mode using web interface....................................................................................................236
Choosing operation mode using RACADM...........................................................................................................236
Viewing and applying pending operations...................................................................................................................236
Viewing, applying, or deleting pending operations using web interface............................................................237
Viewing and applying pending operations using RACADM................................................................................. 237
Storage devices — apply operation scenarios...........................................................................................................238
Blinking or unblinking component LEDs......................................................................................................................239
Blinking or unblinking component LEDs using web interface.............................................................................239
Blinking or unblinking component LEDs using RACADM....................................................................................240
14 Conguring and using virtual console........................................................................................................241
Supported screen resolutions and refresh rates.........................................................................................................241
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