Users Guide

Virtual Disk Tasks Supported When System Conguration Lock Down Mode Is On.........................................87
Viewing Available Reports ..............................................................................................................................................87
Available Reports........................................................................................................................................................87
Viewing Patrol Read Report......................................................................................................................................87
Viewing Check Consistency Report........................................................................................................................ 88
Viewing Slot Occupancy Report.............................................................................................................................. 88
Viewing Physical Disk Firmware Version Report.................................................................................................... 88
8 Support For PERC 9 and PERC 10 Hardware Controllers............................................................................. 91
Support For RAID Level 10 Virtual Disk Creation On PERC 9 and PERC 10 Hardware Controllers....................... 91
RAID Level 10 Virtual Disk Creation With Uneven Span........................................................................................92
Support For Advanced Format 4KB Sector Hard-Disk Drives...................................................................................92
Hot Spare Considerations — 4KBSector Hard-Disk Drives................................................................................. 93
Reconguration Considerations — 4KB Sector Hard-Disk Drives...................................................................... 93
9 Support for BOSS-S1 RAID Controllers....................................................................................................... 94
10 Enclosures And Backplanes........................................................................................................................95
Backplanes........................................................................................................................................................................95
Flexible Backplane Zoning.........................................................................................................................................95
Enclosures.........................................................................................................................................................................96
Enclosure Physical Disks........................................................................................................................................... 96
Enclosure Fans........................................................................................................................................................... 96
Enclosure Power Supplies.........................................................................................................................................97
Enclosure Temperature Probes................................................................................................................................ 98
Enclosure Management Modules...........................................................................................................................100
Enclosure And Backplane Health............................................................................................................................ 101
Enclosure And Backplane Properties And Tasks...................................................................................................102
Changing The Mode On 220S And 221S Enclosures................................................................................................. 107
Enclosure Management................................................................................................................................................. 107
Identifying An Open Connector On The Enclosure.................................................................................................... 107
Enclosure Components..................................................................................................................................................108
11 Connectors................................................................................................................................................109
Channel Redundancy.....................................................................................................................................................109
Creating A Channel-Redundant Virtual Disk...............................................................................................................109
Creating A Physical Disk For Channel Redundant Virtual Disks On PERC Controllers.................................... 110
Connector Health............................................................................................................................................................110
Controller Information...............................................................................................................................................110
Connector Components...........................................................................................................................................110
Connector Properties And Tasks...................................................................................................................................110
Logical Connector Properties And Tasks...................................................................................................................... 111
Path Health................................................................................................................................................................ 112
Clearing The Connectors Redundant Path View...................................................................................................112
Connector Components........................................................................................................................................... 113
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