User's Manual

Supported Features on the PERC 5/E, PERC 5/i, PERC 6/E, PERC 6/I, PERC 6/I
Modular, and CERC 6/I 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.
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Controller Tasks
Table 1-19.ControllerTasksSupportedonthePERC5/E,PERC5/i,PERC6/E,PERC6/I,PERC6/IModular,andCERC6/IControllers
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Controller Task Name
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PERC 5/E
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PERC 5/i
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PERC 6/E
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PERC 6/I
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PERC 6/I Modular
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CERC
6/I
Enable Alarm
Yes
No
Yes
NA
NA
NA
Disable Alarm
Yes
No
Yes
NA
NA
NA
Quiet Alarm
Yes
No
Yes
NA
NA
NA
Test Alarm
Yes
No
Yes
NA
NA
NA
Reset configuration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Set Rebuild Rate
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Set Background Initialization
Rate
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Set Check Consistency Rate
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Set Reconstruct Rate
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Rescan Controller
No
No
No
No
No
No
Create Virtual Disk
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Export Log File
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Clear Foreign Configuration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Import Foreign Configuration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Import/Recover Foreign
Configuration
Yes with firmware
5.1.x or greater.
Yes with firmware
5.1.x or greater.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Set Patrol Read Mode
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Start Patrol Read
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Stop Patrol Read
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Replace Member
No
No
Yes with firmware
6.1 and later
Yes with firmware
6.1 and later
Yes with firmware
6.1 and later
No
Foreign Configuration
No
No
Yes with firmware
6.1 and later
Yes with firmware
6.1 and later
Yes with firmware
6.1 and later
No
Import Preview of Foreign
Configuration
No
No
Yes with firmware
6.1 and later
Yes with firmware
6.1 and later
Yes with firmware
6.1 and later
No
Hot-plug of Enclosures
No
No
Yes with firmware
6.1 and later
No
No
No
Change Controller
Properties
No
No
Yes with firmware
6.1 and later
Yes with firmware
6.1 and later
Yes with firmware
6.1 and later
No
Intelligent Mirroring
No
No
Yes with firmware
6.1 and later
Yes with firmware
6.1 and later
Yes with firmware
6.1 and later
No
Redundant Path
Configuration
No
No
Yes with firmware
6.1 and later
No
No
No
Disk Cache Policy
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Managing Preserved Cache
No
No
Yes with firmware
6.1 and later
Yes with firmware
6.1 and later
Yes with firmware
6.1 and later
No
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