Glossary

Changing The Controller Properties
Changing The Controller Properties
NOTE: This task is not supported on PERC hardware controllers running in HBAmode.
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
The Change Controller Properties task provides you the option to change multiple controller properties
simultaneously. This task is available only on SAS controllers with firmware version 6.1 and later.
You can change any or all of the following properties using the Change Controller Properties task:
• Rebuild Rate
• BGI Rate
• Check Consistency Rate
• Reconstruct Rate
• Abort check consistency on error
• Revertible Hot Spare
• Load Balance
• Auto replace member on predictive failure
• Redundant path view
• Persistent hot spare
NOTE: You can also set these properties using the command-line interface. For more information,
see the
Server Administrator Command-Line Interface User’s Guide.
Related Links
To Rescan A Controller
To Locate Change Controller Properties In Storage Management
1. In the Server Administrator window, under the system tree, select Storage.
2. On the Storage Dashboard page, select Change Controller Properties from the Available Tasks
drop-down menu.
3. Click Execute.
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.
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