Users Guide

Property Definition
Firmware Version Displays the version of the firmware that is installed on the controller.
NOTE: Storage Management displays Not Applicable on some
controllers for which the firmware version cannot be obtained.
Minimum Required Firmware
Version
Displays the minimum firmware version that is required by Storage
Management. This property is displayed only if the controller firmware
does not meet the minimum requirement.
Driver Version Displays the version of the driver that is installed on the controller.
NOTE: Storage Management displays Not Applicable on some
controllers for which the driver version cannot be obtained.
Minimum Required Driver
Version
Displays the minimum driver version that is required by Storage
Management. This property is displayed only if the controller driver
does not meet the minimum requirement.
Number of Connectors Displays the number of connectors on the controller. Each connector
can be attached to physical disks or an enclosure. Depending on the
controller type, the connector can be either a SCSI channel or a SAS
port.
Rebuild Rate Rebuild rate is the percentage of resources available on a system
dedicated to rebuild a failed disk when necessary. For more
information on rebuild rate, see Setting The Rebuild Rate.
NOTE: The value for the Revertible Hot Spare operation is the
same as the value set for the Rebuild Rate property.
BGI Rate The background initialization (BGI) rate is the percentage of resources
available on a system dedicated to perform the background
initialization of a virtual disk after it is created. For more information on
BGI rate, see Setting Background Initialization Rate.
Check Consistency Rate The check consistency rate is the percentage of resources available on
a system dedicated to perform check consistency on a redundant
virtual disk. For more information, see Performing A Check
Consistency.
Reconstruct Rate The reconstruct rate is the percentage of resources available on a
system dedicated to reconstruct a disk group after adding a physical
disk or changing the RAID level of a virtual disk residing on the disk
group. For more information on reconstruct rate, see Setting The
Reconstruct Rate.
Abort Check Consistency on
Error
Enables you to stop the Check Consistency operation on error. This
property is available only on controllers that have controller firmware
version 6.1 and later.
Allow Revertible Hot Spare
and Replace Member
Enables the automatic copying of data from a physical disk to a hot
spare (in case of predictive failure) or from a hot spare to a physical
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