Users Guide

Viewing Available Reports ................................................................................................................................................79
Available Reports........................................................................................................................................................79
Viewing Patrol Read Report........................................................................................................................................79
Viewing Check Consistency Report........................................................................................................................... 80
Viewing Slot Occupancy Report.................................................................................................................................80
Viewing Physical Disk Firmware Version Report......................................................................................................... 80
8 Support For PERC 9 and PERC 10 Hardware Controllers.............................................. 83
Support For RAID Level 10 Virtual Disk Creation On PERC 9 and PERC 10 Hardware Controllers.................................... 83
RAID Level 10 Virtual Disk Creation With Uneven Span.............................................................................................. 83
Support For Advanced Format 4KB Sector Hard-Disk Drives...........................................................................................84
Hot Spare Considerations — 4KBSector Hard-Disk Drives........................................................................................ 85
Reconguration Considerations — 4KB Sector Hard-Disk Drives.............................................................................. 85
9 Support for Marvell RAID Controllers............................................................................86
10 Enclosures And Backplanes..........................................................................................87
Backplanes....................................................................................................................................................................... 87
Flexible Backplane Zoning...........................................................................................................................................87
Enclosures........................................................................................................................................................................ 87
Enclosure Physical Disks.............................................................................................................................................88
Enclosure Fans........................................................................................................................................................... 88
Enclosure Power Supplies.......................................................................................................................................... 89
Enclosure Temperature Probes...................................................................................................................................89
Enclosure Management Modules (EMMs)..................................................................................................................91
Enclosure And Backplane Health................................................................................................................................ 92
Enclosure And Backplane Properties And Tasks......................................................................................................... 92
Changing The Mode On 220S And 221S Enclosures.........................................................................................................97
Enclosure Management.................................................................................................................................................... 97
Identifying An Open Connector On The Enclosure............................................................................................................97
Enclosure Components.................................................................................................................................................... 98
11 Connectors...................................................................................................................99
Channel Redundancy....................................................................................................................................................... 99
Creating A Channel-Redundant Virtual Disk..................................................................................................................... 99
Creating A Physical Disk For Channel Redundant Virtual Disks On PERC Controllers.................................................99
Connector Health........................................................................................................................................................... 100
Controller Information...............................................................................................................................................100
Connector Components........................................................................................................................................... 100
Connector Properties And Tasks.....................................................................................................................................100
Logical Connector Properties And Tasks..........................................................................................................................101
Path Health............................................................................................................................................................... 101
Clearing The Connectors Redundant Path View....................................................................................................... 102
Connector Components............................................................................................................................................102
12 Tape Drive.................................................................................................................. 103
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