Users Guide
Enclosure Support
Table A-27. Enclosure Support on the PERC 5/E, PERC 5/i, PERC 6/E, PERC 6/I, and CERC 6/I Controllers
Supported Features on the SAS 5/iR and SAS 6/iR Controllers
This section identifies the controller-supported features and whether or not an enclosure can be attached to the controller.
l "Controller Tasks"
l "Battery Tasks"
l "Connector Tasks"
l "Physical Disk Tasks"
l "Virtual Disk Tasks"
l "Virtual Disk Specifications"
l "Supported RAID Levels"
l "Read, Write, Cache and Disk Cache Policy"
l "Enclosure Support"
For enclosure-supported tasks, see "Enclosure and Backplane Features."
Controller Tasks
Table A-28.ControllerTasksSupportedontheSAS5/iRandSAS6/iRControllers
Cache Policy
No
No
No
No
No
Disk Cache Policy
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Cache I/O
No
No
No
No
No
Direct I/O
No
No
No
No
No
Enclosure Support
PERC 5/E
PERC 5/I
PERC 6/E
PERC 6/I
CERC 6/I
Can an enclosure be attached to this controller?
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Controller Task Name
SAS 5/iR
SAS 6/iR
Enable Alarm
No
No
Disable Alarm
No
No
Quiet Alarm
No
No
Test Alarm
No
No
Reset configuration
No
Yes
Set Rebuild Rate
No
No
Set Background Initialization Rate
No
No
Set Check Consistency Rate
No
No
Set Reconstruct Rate
No
No
Rescan Controller
No
No
Create Virtual Disk
No
No
Export Log File
No
No
Clear Foreign Configuration
Yes
Yes
Import Foreign Configuration
No
No
Import/Recover Foreign Configuration
No
No
Set Patrol Read Mode
No
No
Start Patrol Read
No
No