Glossary
License Settings...................................................................................................................................54
7 Storage Information And Global Tasks...........................................................56
Storage Properties...............................................................................................................................56
Global Tasks........................................................................................................................................ 56
Performing A Global Rescan......................................................................................................... 57
Enabling Or Disabling A Smart Thermal Shutdown..................................................................... 57
Storage Controller Properties.............................................................................................................57
Storage Components....................................................................................................................59
8 Controllers...........................................................................................................60
What Is A Controller?..........................................................................................................................60
RAID Controller Technology: SCSI, SATA, ATA, And SAS..................................................................60
SAS RAID Controllers.................................................................................................................... 60
RAID Controller Features.................................................................................................................... 61
Controller — Supported RAID Levels................................................................................................. 62
Controller — Supported Stripe Sizes..................................................................................................62
RAID Controller Read, Write, Cache, And Disk Cache Policy........................................................... 62
Read Policy.................................................................................................................................... 62
Write Policy....................................................................................................................................62
Cache Policy..................................................................................................................................63
Disk Cache Policy..........................................................................................................................63
Background Initialization On PERC Controllers................................................................................ 64
Non-RAID Controller Description......................................................................................................64
Non-RAID SCSI Controllers..........................................................................................................64
Non-RAID SAS Controllers............................................................................................................65
Firmware Or Driver Versions...............................................................................................................65
Firmware/Driver Properties...........................................................................................................65
Controller Health................................................................................................................................ 66
Controller Components................................................................................................................66
Controllers Properties And Tasks....................................................................................................... 66
Controller Tasks.................................................................................................................................. 70
Rescanning The Controller............................................................................................................71
Creating A Virtual Disk................................................................................................................... 71
Enabling The Controller Alarm......................................................................................................72
Disabling The Controller Alarm.....................................................................................................72
Turning Off The Controller Alarm.................................................................................................72
Testing The Controller Alarm........................................................................................................72
Setting The Rebuild Rate...............................................................................................................72
Resetting The Controller Configuration.......................................................................................73
Exporting The Controller Log File.................................................................................................74
Foreign Configuration Operations................................................................................................75