Users Guide

Cache Policy...............................................................................................................................................................48
Disk Cache Policy....................................................................................................................................................... 48
Background Initialization On PERC Controllers................................................................................................................. 49
Non-RAID Controller Description......................................................................................................................................49
Non-RAID SCSI Controllers........................................................................................................................................50
Non-RAID SAS Controllers.........................................................................................................................................50
Firmware Or Driver Versions.............................................................................................................................................50
Firmware/Driver Properties........................................................................................................................................50
Controller Health...............................................................................................................................................................51
Controller Components............................................................................................................................................... 51
Controllers Properties And Tasks.......................................................................................................................................51
Controller Tasks................................................................................................................................................................55
Creating A Virtual Disk................................................................................................................................................56
Enabling The Controller Alarm.................................................................................................................................... 56
Disabling The Controller Alarm................................................................................................................................... 56
Turning O The Controller Alarm................................................................................................................................56
Testing The Controller Alarm...................................................................................................................................... 57
Setting The Rebuild Rate............................................................................................................................................57
Resetting The Controller Conguration...................................................................................................................... 57
Exporting The Controller Log File............................................................................................................................... 58
Foreign Conguration Operations...............................................................................................................................59
Importing Foreign Congurations................................................................................................................................ 61
Importing Or Recovering Foreign Congurations.........................................................................................................61
Clearing Foreign Conguration................................................................................................................................... 62
Physical Disks In Foreign Virtual Disks........................................................................................................................ 62
Setting Background Initialization Rate........................................................................................................................ 65
Setting The Check Consistency Rate.........................................................................................................................65
Setting The Reconstruct Rate....................................................................................................................................66
Setting The Redundant Path Conguration................................................................................................................66
Setting The Patrol Read Mode................................................................................................................................... 68
Starting And Stopping Patrol Read.............................................................................................................................69
Changing The Controller Properties........................................................................................................................... 69
Managing The Physical Disk Power............................................................................................................................ 70
Managing The Preserved Cache.................................................................................................................................72
Encryption Key........................................................................................................................................................... 73
Converting To Non-RAID Disks...................................................................................................................................75
Converting To RAID Capable Disks............................................................................................................................. 75
Changing The Controller Mode...................................................................................................................................75
Auto Congure RAID0 Operation................................................................................................................................76
System Conguration Lock Down Mode...........................................................................................................................76
Global Tasks Supported When System Conguration Lock Down Mode Is On............................................................77
Controller Tasks Supported When System Conguration Lock Down Mode Is On...................................................... 78
Controller Reports Supported When System Conguration Lock Down Mode Is On.................................................. 78
Physical Disk Tasks Supported When System Conguration Lock Down Mode Is On................................................. 79
Virtual Disk Tasks Supported When System Conguration Lock Down Mode Is On....................................................79
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