Users Guide

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Storage Components
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For information on attached controllers, see the following topics:
l "Controller Properties and Tasks"
l "Controllers"
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The firmware and drivers listed in the Readme file refer to the minimum supported version for these controllers. Later versions of the
firmware and drivers are also supported. See the Dell Support website at support.dell.com for the most recent driver and firmware
requirements.
Number of
Connector
This property displays the number of connectors the controller has. Each connector can be attached to physical disks or an enclosure.
Depending on the controller type, the connector can be either a SCSI channel or a SAS port.
 Rebuild Rate
The rebuild rate is the percentage of the system's resources dedicated to rebuilding a failed disk when a rebuild is necessary. See
"Set Rebuild Rate" for more information.
 Alarm State
This property displays whether the controller's alarm is enabled or disabled.
Cluster Mode
This property indicates whether the controller is part of a cluster configuration.
SCSI Initiator ID
This property displays the SCSI ID of a SCSI controller. The default value is usually 7. You can change the default value in the BIOS.
Controllers in a cluster configuration should not have duplicate SCSI Initiator IDs. Refer to SCSI documentation for a list of acceptable
SCSI Initiator ID values.
On some controllers, this property is not available. In this case, this property displays as Not Applicable.