Users Guide
Managing The Physical Disk Power..............................................................................................85
Managing The Preserved Cache...................................................................................................87
Encryption Key.............................................................................................................................. 88
Converting To Non-RAID Disks....................................................................................................90
Converting To RAID Capable Disks...............................................................................................91
Changing The Controller Mode....................................................................................................91
Auto Configure RAID0 Operation.................................................................................................92
Viewing Available Reports ..................................................................................................................93
Available Reports...........................................................................................................................93
Viewing Patrol Read Report..........................................................................................................93
Viewing Check Consistency Report............................................................................................. 93
Viewing Slot Occupancy Report.................................................................................................. 94
Viewing Physical Disk Firmware Version Report..........................................................................94
8 Support For PERC 9 Hardware Controllers................................................... 97
Support For RAID Level 10 Virtual Disk Creation On PERC 9 Hardware Controller.........................97
RAID Level 10 Virtual Disk Creation With Uneven Span.............................................................. 98
Support For Advanced Format 4KB Sector Hard-Disk Drives...........................................................98
Hot Spare Considerations — 4KBSector Hard-Disk Drives......................................................... 99
Reconfiguration Considerations — 4KB Sector Hard-Disk Drives..............................................99
T10 Standard Protection Information (PI) — Data Integrity Field......................................................99
Hot Spare Considerations — T10 Protection Information Capability.......................................100
9 Enclosures And Backplanes............................................................................101
Backplanes.........................................................................................................................................101
Enclosures..........................................................................................................................................101
Enclosure Physical Disks.............................................................................................................102
Enclosure Fans............................................................................................................................ 102
Enclosure Power Supplies...........................................................................................................103
Enclosure Temperature Probes..................................................................................................104
Enclosure Management Modules (EMMs)..................................................................................106
Enclosure And Backplane Health............................................................................................... 108
Enclosure And Backplane Properties And Tasks........................................................................108
Changing The Mode On 220S And 221S Enclosures.......................................................................114
Enclosure Management.................................................................................................................... 114
Identifying An Open Connector On The Enclosure.........................................................................114
Enclosure Components.....................................................................................................................115
10 Connectors...................................................................................................... 116
Channel Redundancy........................................................................................................................ 116
Creating A Channel-Redundant Virtual Disk....................................................................................116
Creating A Physical Disk For Channel Redundant Virtual Disks On PERC Controllers.............117
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