Users Guide
Hot Spare Protection Policy............................................................................................................................................. 30
Storage Component Severity............................................................................................................................................ 31
Storage Properties And Current Activity........................................................................................................................... 31
Alerts Or Events............................................................................................................................................................... 32
Monitoring Disk Reliability On RAID Controllers................................................................................................................ 32
Using Alarms To Detect Failures....................................................................................................................................... 32
Using Enclosure Temperature Probes............................................................................................................................... 32
Time Delay In Displaying Conguration 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....................................................................................................................................................... 37
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......................................................................................................................................................39
Performing A Cryptographic Erase On An NVMe PCIe SSD.......................................................................................39
PCIe SSD In Slot Card Properties.....................................................................................................................................39
PCIe SSD In Slot Card Tasks............................................................................................................................................. 41
Exporting The Log For A PCIe SSD In Slot Card..........................................................................................................41
Performing A Cryptographic Erase On An NVMe PCIe SSD In Slot Card....................................................................42
PCIe SSD Subsystem Health............................................................................................................................................ 43
Backplanes................................................................................................................................................................. 43
Backplane Firmware Version.......................................................................................................................................43
6 Storage Information And Global Tasks........................................................................... 44
Storage Properties........................................................................................................................................................... 44
Global Tasks......................................................................................................................................................................44
Setting the Remaining Rated Write Endurance Threshold.......................................................................................... 44
Setting the Available Spare Threshold........................................................................................................................ 45
Storage Controller Properties........................................................................................................................................... 46
Storage Components..................................................................................................................................................47
7 Controllers.................................................................................................................... 48
What Is A Controller?....................................................................................................................................................... 48
RAID Controller Technology: SATA And SAS.....................................................................................................................48
SAS RAID Controllers................................................................................................................................................. 48
RAID Controller Features..................................................................................................................................................49
Controller — Supported RAID Levels............................................................................................................................... 49
Controller — Supported Stripe Sizes............................................................................................................................... 49
RAID Controller Read, Write, Cache, And Disk Cache Policy.............................................................................................49
Read Policy................................................................................................................................................................ 50
4