Users Guide

Write Policy................................................................................................................................................................ 50
Cache Policy.............................................................................................................................................................. 50
Disk Cache Policy........................................................................................................................................................51
Background Initialization On PERC Controllers..................................................................................................................51
Non-RAID Controller Description......................................................................................................................................52
Non-RAID SCSI Controllers........................................................................................................................................ 52
Non-RAID SAS Controllers......................................................................................................................................... 52
Firmware Or Driver Versions.............................................................................................................................................53
Firmware/Driver Properties........................................................................................................................................53
Controller Health.............................................................................................................................................................. 53
Controller Components.............................................................................................................................................. 54
Controllers Properties And Tasks......................................................................................................................................54
Controller Tasks................................................................................................................................................................58
Creating A Virtual Disk................................................................................................................................................58
Enabling The Controller Alarm.................................................................................................................................... 59
Disabling The Controller Alarm................................................................................................................................... 59
Turning O The Controller Alarm................................................................................................................................59
Testing The Controller Alarm...................................................................................................................................... 59
Setting The Rebuild Rate............................................................................................................................................59
Resetting The Controller Conguration...................................................................................................................... 60
Exporting The Controller Log File................................................................................................................................61
Foreign Conguration Operations................................................................................................................................61
Importing Foreign Congurations............................................................................................................................... 63
Importing Or Recovering Foreign Congurations........................................................................................................64
Clearing Foreign Conguration................................................................................................................................... 64
Physical Disks In Foreign Virtual Disks........................................................................................................................ 65
Setting Background Initialization Rate.........................................................................................................................67
Setting The Check Consistency Rate......................................................................................................................... 68
Setting The Reconstruct Rate....................................................................................................................................69
Setting The Redundant Path Conguration................................................................................................................69
Setting The Patrol Read Mode.................................................................................................................................... 71
Starting And Stopping Patrol Read............................................................................................................................. 72
Changing The Controller Properties............................................................................................................................73
Managing The Physical Disk Power............................................................................................................................ 73
Managing The Preserved Cache.................................................................................................................................76
Encryption Key........................................................................................................................................................... 76
Converting To Non-RAID Disks...................................................................................................................................78
Converting To RAID Capable Disks............................................................................................................................. 78
Changing The Controller Mode...................................................................................................................................79
Auto Congure RAID0 Operation................................................................................................................................79
Viewing Available Reports ............................................................................................................................................... 80
Available Reports........................................................................................................................................................80
Viewing Patrol Read Report....................................................................................................................................... 80
Viewing Check Consistency Report............................................................................................................................ 81
Viewing Slot Occupancy Report..................................................................................................................................81
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