Users Guide

Storage Properties And Current Activity.................................................................................................................... 30
Alerts Or Events................................................................................................................................................................ 30
Monitoring Disk Reliability On RAID Controllers........................................................................................................ 30
Using Alarms To Detect Failures.................................................................................................................................... 31
Using Enclosure Temperature Probes...........................................................................................................................31
Time Delay In Displaying Configuration Changes....................................................................................................... 31
Chapter 5: PCI Express Solid-State Device Support.................................................................... 32
PCIe SSD............................................................................................................................................................................. 32
PCIe SSD Features........................................................................................................................................................... 32
PCIe SSD Subsystem Properties...................................................................................................................................32
PCIe Extender Cards........................................................................................................................................................ 33
Physical Device Properties..............................................................................................................................................34
Physical Device Tasks...................................................................................................................................................... 36
Blinking And Unblinking A PCIe SSD....................................................................................................................... 37
Enabling Full Initialization On A Micron PCIe SSD............................................................................................... 37
Performing A Full Initialization On A Micron PCIe SSD...................................................................................... 37
Preparing To Remove A PCIe SSD.......................................................................................................................... 37
Exporting The Log.......................................................................................................................................................38
Performing A Cryptographic Erase On An NVMe PCIe SSD............................................................................ 38
PCIe SSD In Slot Card Tasks..........................................................................................................................................39
To Locate Cryptographic Erase In Storage Management For A PCIe SSD In Slot Card........................... 39
PCIe SSD In Slot Card Properties................................................................................................................................. 39
Exporting The Log For A PCIe SSD In Slot Card........................................................................................................41
To Locate Export Log In Storage Management For NVMe PCIe SSDs..........................................................41
Performing A Cryptographic Erase On An NVMe PCIe SSD In Slot Card............................................................41
To Locate Cryptographic Erase In Storage Management For A PCIe SSD In Slot Card........................... 42
PCIe SSD Subsystem Health.......................................................................................................................................... 42
Backplanes.................................................................................................................................................................... 42
Backplane Firmware Version.....................................................................................................................................42
Chapter 6: Storage Information And Global Tasks........................................................................43
Storage Properties............................................................................................................................................................43
Global Tasks........................................................................................................................................................................43
Setting the Remaining Rated Write Endurance Threshold................................................................................43
Setting the Available Spare Threshold................................................................................................................... 44
Storage Controller Properties........................................................................................................................................ 45
Storage Components..................................................................................................................................................46
Chapter 7: Controllers................................................................................................................. 47
Controller.............................................................................................................................................................................47
RAID Controller Technology - SATA And SAS........................................................................................................... 47
SAS RAID Controllers................................................................................................................................................. 47
RAID Controller Features.................................................................................................................................................48
Controller — Supported RAID Levels.......................................................................................................................... 48
Controller — Supported Stripe Sizes...........................................................................................................................48
RAID Controller Read, Write, and Disk Cache Policy................................................................................................48
Read Policy....................................................................................................................................................................48
Write Policy...................................................................................................................................................................49
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