Users Guide

Property Denition
For more information about patrol read, see Setting The Patrol
Read Mode and Starting And Stopping Patrol Read.
Patrol Read State Displays the current state of the patrol read process. Possible
values are:
• Ready — The patrol read process is enabled and runs when
next scheduled or when manually initiated.
• Active — The patrol read process is running.
• Stopped — The patrol read has been stopped.
For more information about patrol read, see Setting The Patrol
Read Mode.
Patrol Read Rate Displays the percentage of system resources dedicated for
running the Patrol Read operation. Patrol Read Rate changes
the amount of system resources assigned for the patrol read
task. The Patrol Read Rate can be congured between 0% and
100%, where:
• 0% — indicates the lowest priority for controllers and has
the least impact on the system performance.
• 100% — indicates the highest priority for controllers and has
a greater impact on the system performance.
Patrol Read Iterations Displays the number of Patrol Read Iterations. For more
information about patrol read, see Setting The Patrol Read
Mode.
Cluster Mode Indicates whether the controller is part of a cluster
conguration.
Persistent Hot Spare Displays if the hot spare is persistent. The possible values are:
• Enabled — The slot corresponding to the hot spare drive is
persistent. Any drive in the slot functions as a hot spare if
the drive is qualied to be a hot spare. If the drive contains
foreign data, it is overwritten.
• Disabled — The slot corresponding to the hot spare drive is
not persistent. If the drive is removed from the slot and any
drive is inserted, the slot stops functioning as a hot spare.
You must manually assign the drive as a hot spare again.
Controller Tasks Enables you to congure and manage the controller. For more
information about controller tasks, see Controller Tasks.
Available Reports Enables you to view patrol read report, check consistency
report, slot occupancy report, and physical disk rmware version
report. For more information on available reports, see Available
Reports.
Current Controller Mode Displays the mode of the hardware controller that is selected.
The possible values are RAID or HBA. To change the controller
mode, see Changing The Controller Mode.
Front Chassis Slot Displays the front chassis slot number. This property is applicable
only for PowerEdge FD332 storage sled.
For more information on PowerEdge FD332, see the Dell
PowerEdge FD332 Owner's Manual at dell.com/
poweredgemanuals.
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