Users Guide

Table Of Contents
Read Policy................................................................................................................................................................... 50
Write Policy...................................................................................................................................................................50
Disk Cache Policy........................................................................................................................................................ 50
Background Initialization On PERC Controllers.......................................................................................................... 51
Non-RAID Controller Description................................................................................................................................... 51
Non-RAID SAS Controllers........................................................................................................................................ 51
Firmware Or Driver Versions.......................................................................................................................................... 52
Firmware Or Driver Properties................................................................................................................................. 52
Controller Health............................................................................................................................................................... 53
Controller Components..............................................................................................................................................53
Controllers Properties And Tasks..................................................................................................................................53
Controller Tasks.................................................................................................................................................................57
Creating A Virtual Disk............................................................................................................................................... 58
Enabling The Controller Alarm..................................................................................................................................58
Disabling The Controller Alarm.................................................................................................................................58
Turning Off The Controller Alarm............................................................................................................................58
Testing The Controller Alarm................................................................................................................................... 58
Setting The Rebuild Rate.......................................................................................................................................... 58
Resetting The Controller Configuration.................................................................................................................59
Exporting The Controller Log File........................................................................................................................... 59
Foreign Configuration Operations........................................................................................................................... 60
Importing Foreign Configurations............................................................................................................................62
Importing Or Recovering Foreign Configurations................................................................................................62
Clearing Foreign Configuration................................................................................................................................ 63
Physical Disks In Foreign Virtual Disks................................................................................................................... 63
Setting Background Initialization Rate................................................................................................................... 65
Setting The Check Consistency Rate.................................................................................................................... 66
Setting The Reconstruct Rate................................................................................................................................. 66
Setting The Redundant Path Configuration..........................................................................................................67
Setting The Patrol Read Mode.................................................................................................................................70
Starting And Stopping Patrol Read..........................................................................................................................71
Changing The Controller Properties....................................................................................................................... 72
Managing The Physical Disk Power........................................................................................................................ 73
Managing The Preserved Cache.............................................................................................................................. 74
Encryption Key............................................................................................................................................................. 75
Converting To Non-RAID Disks................................................................................................................................ 77
Converting To RAID Capable Disks......................................................................................................................... 77
Changing The Controller Mode................................................................................................................................ 77
Auto Configure RAID0 Operation............................................................................................................................ 78
Set the Auto Configure Behavior of a RAID controller.......................................................................................79
System Configuration Lock Down Mode..................................................................................................................... 79
Global Tasks Supported When System Configuration Lock Down Mode is On........................................... 80
Controller Tasks Supported When System Configuration Lock Down Mode is On..................................... 81
Controller Reports Supported When System Configuration Lock Down Mode is On................................ 82
Physical Disk Tasks Supported When System Configuration Lock Down Mode Is On.............................. 83
Virtual Disk Tasks Supported When System Configuration Lock Down Mode Is On..................................84
Viewing Available Reports ..............................................................................................................................................84
Available Reports......................................................................................................................................................... 84
Viewing Patrol Read Report......................................................................................................................................84
Viewing Check Consistency Report........................................................................................................................85
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