User's Manual
License Settings...................................................................................................................................54
7 Storage Information And Global Tasks............................................................. 57
Storage Properties...............................................................................................................................57
Global Tasks.........................................................................................................................................57
Performing A Global Rescan......................................................................................................... 57
Enabling Or Disabling A Smart Thermal Shutdown.....................................................................58
Storage Controller Properties.............................................................................................................58
Storage Components....................................................................................................................60
8 Controllers................................................................................................................61
What Is A Controller?.......................................................................................................................... 61
RAID Controller Technology: SCSI, SATA, ATA, And SAS...................................................................61
SAS RAID Controllers.....................................................................................................................61
RAID Controller Features....................................................................................................................62
Controller — Supported RAID Levels................................................................................................. 62
Controller — Supported Stripe Sizes..................................................................................................63
RAID Controller Read, Write, Cache, And Disk Cache Policy........................................................... 63
Read Policy.................................................................................................................................... 63
Write Policy....................................................................................................................................63
Cache Policy..................................................................................................................................64
Disk Cache Policy..........................................................................................................................64
Background Initialization On PERC Controllers................................................................................ 65
Non-RAID Controller Description...................................................................................................... 65
Non-RAID SCSI Controllers.......................................................................................................... 65
Non-RAID SAS Controllers............................................................................................................65
Firmware Or Driver Versions.............................................................................................................. 66
Firmware/Driver Properties...........................................................................................................66
Controller Health.................................................................................................................................67
Controller Components................................................................................................................67
Controllers Properties And Tasks....................................................................................................... 67
Controller Tasks...................................................................................................................................71
Rescanning The Controller........................................................................................................... 72
Creating A Virtual Disk...................................................................................................................72
Enabling The Controller Alarm......................................................................................................72
Disabling The Controller Alarm.....................................................................................................72
Turning Off The Controller Alarm.................................................................................................73
Testing The Controller Alarm........................................................................................................73
Setting The Rebuild Rate...............................................................................................................73
Resetting The Controller Configuration.......................................................................................74
Exporting The Controller Log File.................................................................................................74
Foreign Configuration Operations................................................................................................75