Users Guide

Physical Disk Power On Unconfigured Drives And Hot Spares
Managing Physical Disk Power Using The Customized Power Savings Mode
Managing Physical Disk Power Using The QoS Option
Managing The Time Interval For The QoS Option
Properties In Manage Physical Disk Power Option
The following table displays the properties in the Manage Physical Disk Power option:
Table 16. Manage Physical Disk Power Properties
Property Definition
Spin Down Unconfigured Drives The Enabled option spins down the unconfigured
disks if they are unattended for a specified interval
of time.
Spin Down Hot Spares The Enabled option spins down the hot spares if
no readwrite operation takes place on the hot
spare in a specified interval of time.
Spin Down Configured Drives The Enabled option spins down the configured
disks if they are unattended for a specified interval
of time.
Automatic Disk Power Saving (Idle C) Enables or disables the Automatic Disk Power
Saving (Idle C) feature for additional power saving.
When enabled, it enables the new generation
power savings without affecting the legacy drives.
Time Interval for Spin Down Sets the time interval after which the hot spares
and unconfigured drives spins down.
Quality Of Service (QOS)
Enable Quality Of Service Settings Select to set the start time and the time interval for
spin up activity at the virtual disk level.
NOTE: This option is available only if the Spin
Down Configured Drives option is selected.
Start Time (HH:MM) Displays the start time of the battery learn cycle.
This option is enabled only if Enable Quality Of
Service Settings is selected.
Time Interval for Spin Up (in Hours) Displays the spin up time interval for the battery
learn cycle. The time interval can range from 1-24
hours.
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Managing The Physical Disk Power
Physical Disk Power On Unconfigured Drives And Hot Spares
1. Select Enabled for the Spin Down Unconfigured Drives and Spin Down Hot Spares options.
2. Click Apply Changes. To exit and cancel your changes, click Go Back to Previous Page.
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