Users Guide
Support For RAID Level 10 Virtual Disk Creation On PERC 9 and PERC 10 Hardware Controllers.......................76
RAID Level 10 Virtual Disk Creation With Uneven Span........................................................................................77
Support For Advanced Format 4KB Sector Hard-Disk Drives................................................................................... 77
Hot Spare Considerations — 4KBSector Hard-Disk Drives................................................................................. 78
Reconguration Considerations — 4KB Sector Hard-Disk Drives...................................................................... 78
9 Support for BOSS-S1 RAID Controllers........................................................................................................79
10 Enclosures And Backplanes........................................................................................................................ 80
Backplanes........................................................................................................................................................................80
Enclosures.........................................................................................................................................................................80
MX5016s......................................................................................................................................................................81
Enclosure And Backplane Health.............................................................................................................................. 81
Enclosure And Backplane Properties And Tasks.....................................................................................................81
Enclosure Management.................................................................................................................................................. 85
Identifying An Open Connector On The Enclosure..................................................................................................... 85
Enclosure Components................................................................................................................................................... 86
11 Connectors................................................................................................................................................. 87
Channel Redundancy.......................................................................................................................................................87
Connector Health.............................................................................................................................................................87
Controller Information................................................................................................................................................87
Connector Components............................................................................................................................................ 87
Connector Properties And Tasks....................................................................................................................................87
Logical Connector Properties And Tasks...................................................................................................................... 88
Path Health.................................................................................................................................................................89
Clearing The Connectors Redundant Path View................................................................................................... 89
Connector Components............................................................................................................................................89
12 Tape Drive.................................................................................................................................................. 90
Tape Drive Properties......................................................................................................................................................90
13 RAID Controller Batteries............................................................................................................................91
Battery Properties And Tasks..........................................................................................................................................91
Battery Tasks....................................................................................................................................................................92
To Locate Delay Learn Cycle In Storage Management................................................................................................92
14 Physical Disks Or Physical Devices.............................................................................................................93
Guidelines To Replace A Physical Disk Or Physical Device.........................................................................................93
Adding A New Disk To The System............................................................................................................................... 93
For SAS Controllers................................................................................................................................................... 94
Replacing A Physical Disk Receiving SMART Alerts....................................................................................................94
Disk Is Part Of A Redundant Virtual Disk................................................................................................................ 94
Disk Is Not Part Of A Redundant Virtual Disk........................................................................................................ 94
Other Disk Procedures....................................................................................................................................................95
Physical Disk Or Physical Device Properties................................................................................................................ 95
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