User's Manual

To Locate Change Controller Properties In Storage Management: Method 2

1. In the Server Administrator window, under the system tree, expand Storage to display the controller

objects.

2. Select a controller object.

3. Click Information/Configuration on the controller Properties page.

4. Select Change Controller Properties ... from the Controller Tasks drop-down menu.

5. Click Execute.

Managing The Physical Disk Power

Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.

The Manage Physical Disk Power task allows you to manage the power consumed by the physical disks.

NOTE: The Manage Physical Disk Power task is provided with PERC H700, H800, and H310 cards

by spinning down the hot spares and unconfigured disks. PERC H710, H710P, H810, and H730P

cards also support the Manage Physical Disk Power task with additional power-saving modes, Spin

Down Configured Drives, and Automatic Disk Power Saving (Idle C) options.

You can enable one of the following modes to manage the power consumed:

• No Power Savings Mode — This is the default mode for the controller. In this mode, all power-saving

features are disabled.

• Balanced Power Savings Mode — Provides good power savings while limiting I/O latency.

• Maximum Power Savings Mode — Provides maximum power savings for all drives.

• Customized Power Savings Mode — Allows you to customize the power-saving settings. The default

values are populated when you select this power mode. You can select or clear the features you want

to enable. You can select Quality of Service (QoS) to customize power saving on configured drives by

setting the Start Time and Time interval to spin up.

To enable the Quality of Service (QoS) feature:

1. Select Customized Power Savings Mode.

2. Select Enable for the Spin Down Configured Drives option