User's Manual

Controllers 105
Controller Components
For information on attached components, see the following topics:
• Battery Properties and Tasks
• Connector Properties and Tasks
• Enclosure and Backplane Properties and Tasks
• Firmware/Driver Properties
• Virtual Disk Properties and Tasks
Foreign Configuration Operations
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
The Foreign Configuration Operations task provides a preview of the foreign
configurations that you can import. This task is available on PERC 6
controllers with firmware version 6.1 and later. For more information, see
Foreign Configuration Operations.
Manage Physical Disk Power
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
The Manage Physical Disk Power task allows to manage the power consumed
by the physical disks by spinning down the hotspares and unconfigured drives
if there is no I/O activity for a specified amount of time. This option is
supported with PERC H700, H800, and H310 cards. Additionally, Dell PERC
H810, H710, and H710P cards support power saving configurations on
unconfigured, Hot Spare, and configured disks.
Set Rebuild Rate
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
The Set Rebuild Rate task changes the controller’s rebuild rate.
During a rebuild, the complete contents of a physical disk are reconstructed.
The rebuild rate, configurable between 0% and 100%, represents the
percentage of the system resources dedicated to rebuilding failed physical
disks. At 0%, the rebuild has the lowest priority for the controller, takes the