Users Guide

Physical Disk Or Physical Device Tasks
To execute a physical disk or physical device task:
1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.
2. In the Server Administrator window, under the system tree, expand Storage to display the controller objects.
3. Expand the enclosure or backplane object.
4. Select Physical Disks or Physical Devices object.
5. Click Information/Configuration on the controller Properties page.
6. Select a task from the drop-down menu.
7. Click Execute.
NOTE: Different controllers support different features. For this reason, the tasks displayed on the tasks drop-down
menu can vary depending on which controller is selected in the tree view. No Task Available is the only option in the
drop-down list box when no tasks can be performed because of controller or system configuration limitations.
Physical Disk Tasks
The following are the list of tasks that you can perform on a physical disk:
● Blinking And Unblinking A Physical Disk
● Removing Dead Segments
● Assigning And Unassigning Global Hot Spare
● Preparing To Remove
● Setting Online And Offline
● Rebuilding Data
● Cancelling A Rebuild
● Performing A Clear Physical Disk And Cancel Clear
● Enabling Revertible Hot Spare
● Performing Cryptographic Erase
● Exporting the Log for PERC NVMe Drivers
● Convert To RAID Capable Disk
● Convert To Non-RAID Disk
Blinking And Unblinking A Physical Disk
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
The Blink task allows you to find a disk within an enclosure by blinking one of the light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on the disk. You
can use this task to locate a failed disk.
On most controllers, the Blink task cancels once you select Unblink. Select Unblink to cancel the Blink task or to stop the
LED on the physical device that is blinking indefinitely.
NOTE:
The Blink and Unblink tasks are only supported for hotswap physical disks (disks that reside in a carrier). When
using an Broadcom PCIe U320 controller, the Blink and Unblink tasks apply to physical disks contained in carriers that
can be inserted into a server or an enclosure. If the physical disk is not contained in a carrier but is instead designed to be
connected with a SCSI cable (typically a ribbon cable), then the Blink and Unblink tasks are disabled.
Removing Dead Segments
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
The Remove Dead Segments task recovers disk space that is unusable. A dead or orphaned disk segment refers to an area of
a physical disk or physical device that is unusable for any of the following reasons:
● The dead segment is an area of the physical disk or physical device that is damaged.
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