User's Manual
Physical Disk Tasks
Table A-13.PhysicalDiskTasksSupportedontheSAS5/iRandSAS6/iRControllers
Virtual Disk Tasks
Table A-14. Virtual Disk Tasks Supported by the SAS 5/iR and SAS 6/iR Controllers
Virtual Disk Specifications
Physical Disk Task Name
SAS 5/IR
SAS 6/iR
Blink/Unblink
Yes
Task only available when an enclosure or backplane and LEDs on the physical
disks are present.
Yes
Assign and Unassign Global Hot
Spare
No
Supports up to two global hot spares
Prepare to Remove
No
No
Offline
No
No
Online
No
No
Initialize
No
No
Rebuild
No
Not applicable.
Rebuild automatically initiated by the
controller.
Cancel Rebuild
No
No
Remove Dead Disk Segments
No
No
Format Disk
No
No
Clear
No
No
Cancel Clear
No
No
Virtual Disk Task Name
SAS 5/IR
SAS 6/iR
Assign and Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare
No
No
Create Virtual Disk
No
Yes
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard
No
Yes
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard
No
No
Rename
No
No
Blink/Unblink
Yes
Yes
Reconfigure
No
No
Change Policy
No
No
Split Mirror
No
No
Unmirror
No
No
Delete Last Virtual Disk
No
Yes
Delete (any) Virtual Disk
No
Yes
Check Consistency
No
No
Cancel Check Consistency
No
No
Pause Check Consistency
No
No
Resume Check Consistency
No
No
Cancel Background Initialization (BGI)
No
No
Format Virtual Disk
No
No
Cancel Format Virtual Disk
No
No
Restore Dead Disk Segments
No
No
Initialize Virtual Disk
No
No
Fast Initialize Virtual Disk
No
No
Slow Initialize Virtual Disk
No
No
Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk
No
No