Users Guide

Understanding RAID Concepts........................................................................................................................................ 166
What Is RAID?.............................................................................................................................................................. 166
Organizing Data Storage For Availability And Performance................................................................................... 167
Choosing RAID Levels ................................................................................................................................................ 168
Comparing RAID Level Performance......................................................................................................................... 173
Supported Controllers....................................................................................................................................................... 174
Supported Enclosures........................................................................................................................................................174
Summary of Supported Features for Storage Devices.................................................................................................174
Inventory and Monitoring Storage Devices.................................................................................................................... 176
Monitoring Storage Device Using Web Interface.................................................................................................... 176
Monitoring Storage Device Using RACADM.............................................................................................................177
Monitoring Backplane Using iDRAC Settings Utility................................................................................................ 177
Viewing Storage Device Topology................................................................................................................................... 177
Managing Physical Disks....................................................................................................................................................177
Assigning or Unassigning Physical Disk as Global Hot spare...................................................................................177
Convert To RAID Capable Disk...................................................................................................................................178
Convert To Non-RAID Disk.........................................................................................................................................178
Managing Virtual Disks...................................................................................................................................................... 178
Creating Virtual Disks...................................................................................................................................................179
Editing Virtual Disk Cache Policies.............................................................................................................................180
Deleting Virtual Disks....................................................................................................................................................181
Checking Virtual Disk Consistency............................................................................................................................. 181
Initializing Virtual Disks................................................................................................................................................. 181
Encrypting Virtual Disks...............................................................................................................................................182
Assigning or Unassigning Dedicated Hot Spares..................................................................................................... 182
Managing Virtual Disks Using Web Interface............................................................................................................182
Managing Virtual Disks Using RACADM....................................................................................................................183
Managing Controllers........................................................................................................................................................ 183
Configuring Controller Properties.............................................................................................................................. 184
Importing or Auto Importing Foreign Configuration................................................................................................ 186
Clearing Foreign Configuration...................................................................................................................................187
Resetting Controller Configuration............................................................................................................................ 187
12Gbps SAS HBA Adapter Operations...................................................................................................................... 188
Monitoring Predictive Failure Analysis On Drives.....................................................................................................188
Controller Operations in Non-RAID (HBA) Mode.................................................................................................... 189
Running RAID Configuration Jobs On Multiple Storage Controllers..................................................................... 189
Managing PCIe SSDs.........................................................................................................................................................189
Inventory and Monitoring PCIe SSDs........................................................................................................................190
Preparing to Remove PCIe SSD................................................................................................................................ 190
Erasing PCIe SSD Device Data................................................................................................................................... 191
Managing Enclosures or Backplanes............................................................................................................................... 192
Configuring Backplane Mode......................................................................................................................................193
Viewing Universal Slots............................................................................................................................................... 195
Setting SGPIO Mode...................................................................................................................................................195
Choosing Operation Mode to Apply Settings.................................................................................................................196
Choosing Operation Mode Using Web Interface..................................................................................................... 196
Choosing Operation Mode Using RACADM............................................................................................................. 196
Viewing and Applying Pending Operations..................................................................................................................... 197
Viewing, Applying, or Deleting Pending Operations Using Web Interface............................................................ 197
Viewing and Applying Pending Operations Using RACADM...................................................................................197
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