Users Guide

Storage Properties And Current Activity......................................................................................................................... 30
Alerts Or Events................................................................................................................................................................... 31
Monitoring Disk Reliability On RAID Controllers............................................................................................................... 31
Using Alarms To Detect Failures........................................................................................................................................ 31
Using Enclosure Temperature Probes...............................................................................................................................31
Rescanning To Update Storage Configuration Changes................................................................................................ 31
Time Delay In Displaying Configuration Changes............................................................................................................ 32
5 PCI Express Solid-State Device Support.......................................................................................33
What Is PCIe SSD?............................................................................................................................................................. 33
PCIe SSD Features..............................................................................................................................................................33
PCIe SSD Subsystem Properties.......................................................................................................................................33
PCIe Extender Cards...........................................................................................................................................................34
Physical Device Properties.................................................................................................................................................35
Physical Device Tasks.........................................................................................................................................................36
Blinking And Unblinking A PCIe SSD........................................................................................................................... 37
Enabling Full Initialization On A Micron PCIe SSD..................................................................................................... 37
Preparing To Remove A PCIe SSD..............................................................................................................................38
Exporting The Log......................................................................................................................................................... 38
Performing A Cryptographic Erase On An NVMe PCIe SSD...................................................................................38
PCIe SSD In Slot Card Properties..................................................................................................................................... 39
PCIe SSD In Slot Card Tasks............................................................................................................................................. 40
Exporting The Log For A PCIe SSD In Slot Card.......................................................................................................40
Performing A Cryptographic Erase On An NVMe PCIe SSD In Slot Card..............................................................41
PCIe SSD Subsystem Health............................................................................................................................................. 42
Backplanes......................................................................................................................................................................42
Backplane Firmware Version........................................................................................................................................42
6 Storage Information And Global Tasks..........................................................................................43
Storage Properties.............................................................................................................................................................. 43
Global Tasks......................................................................................................................................................................... 43
Setting the Remaining Rated Write Endurance Threshold...................................................................................... 43
Storage Controller Properties............................................................................................................................................44
Storage Components....................................................................................................................................................45
7 Controllers.................................................................................................................................46
What Is A Controller?..........................................................................................................................................................46
RAID Controller Technology: SATA And SAS.................................................................................................................. 46
SAS RAID Controllers....................................................................................................................................................46
RAID Controller Features....................................................................................................................................................47
Controller — Supported RAID Levels...............................................................................................................................47
Controller — Supported Stripe Sizes............................................................................................................................... 47
RAID Controller Read, Write, Cache, And Disk Cache Policy........................................................................................ 47
Read Policy..................................................................................................................................................................... 48
Write Policy.................................................................................................................................................................... 48
Cache Policy...................................................................................................................................................................48
Disk Cache Policy.......................................................................................................................................................... 49
Background Initialization On PERC Controllers............................................................................................................... 49
Non-RAID Controller Description...................................................................................................................................... 50
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