Software Support

7 Storage Information And Global Tasks..................................................................................53
Storage Properties..................................................................................................................................................53
Global Tasks............................................................................................................................................................53
Performing A Global Rescan............................................................................................................................ 53
Enabling Or Disabling A Smart Thermal Shutdown..........................................................................................54
Storage Controller Properties.................................................................................................................................54
Storage Components........................................................................................................................................56
8 Controllers.................................................................................................................................. 57
What Is A Controller?..............................................................................................................................................57
RAID Controller Technology: SCSI, SATA, ATA, And SAS..................................................................................... 57
SAS RAID Controllers.......................................................................................................................................57
RAID Controller Features........................................................................................................................................58
Controller — Supported RAID Levels.....................................................................................................................58
Controller — Supported Stripe Sizes..................................................................................................................... 58
RAID Controller Read, Write, Cache, And Disk Cache Policy.................................................................................59
Read Policy.......................................................................................................................................................59
Write Policy......................................................................................................................................................59
Cache Policy.....................................................................................................................................................60
Disk Cache Policy.............................................................................................................................................60
Background Initialization On PERC Controllers...................................................................................................... 60
Non-RAID Controller Description........................................................................................................................... 61
Non-RAID SCSI Controllers..............................................................................................................................61
Non-RAID SAS Controllers...............................................................................................................................61
Firmware Or Driver Versions.................................................................................................................................. 61
Firmware/Driver Properties..............................................................................................................................61
Controller Health.....................................................................................................................................................62
Controller Components.....................................................................................................................................62
Controllers Properties And Tasks...........................................................................................................................63
Controller Tasks......................................................................................................................................................66
Rescanning The Controller...............................................................................................................................67
Creating A Virtual Disk..................................................................................................................................... 67
Enabling The Controller Alarm......................................................................................................................... 67
Disabling The Controller Alarm........................................................................................................................ 68
Turning Off The Controller Alarm..................................................................................................................... 68
Testing The Controller Alarm........................................................................................................................... 68
Setting The Rebuild Rate..................................................................................................................................68
Resetting The Controller Configuration............................................................................................................69
Exporting The Controller Log File..................................................................................................................... 69
Foreign Configuration Operations.................................................................................................................... 70
Importing Foreign Configurations.....................................................................................................................72