Users Guide

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........................................................................................84
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 BOSS-S1 RAID Controllers....................................................................................................... 86
10 Enclosures And Backplanes........................................................................................................................ 87
Backplanes........................................................................................................................................................................ 87
Flexible Backplane Zoning......................................................................................................................................... 87
Enclosures......................................................................................................................................................................... 87
MX5016s.....................................................................................................................................................................88
Enclosure Physical Disks........................................................................................................................................... 89
Enclosure Fans........................................................................................................................................................... 89
Fan Properties............................................................................................................................................................ 89
Enclosure Power Supplies.........................................................................................................................................90
Power Supply Properties.......................................................................................................................................... 90
Enclosure Temperature Probes................................................................................................................................ 90
Enclosure Management Modules.............................................................................................................................92
Enclosure And Backplane Health............................................................................................................................. 94
Enclosure And Backplane Properties And Tasks.................................................................................................... 94
Enclosure Management.................................................................................................................................................. 98
Identifying An Open Connector On The Enclosure..................................................................................................... 98
Enclosure Components................................................................................................................................................... 99
11 Connectors................................................................................................................................................100
Channel Redundancy.....................................................................................................................................................100
Creating A Channel-Redundant Virtual Disk...............................................................................................................100
Creating A Physical Disk For Channel Redundant Virtual Disks On PERC Controllers.................................... 101
Creating A Channel-Redundant Virtual Disk Using RAID 10................................................................................ 101
Creating A Channel-Redundant Virtual Disk Using RAID 50............................................................................... 101
Connector Health............................................................................................................................................................101
Controller Information...............................................................................................................................................101
Connector Components...........................................................................................................................................101
Connector Properties And Tasks...................................................................................................................................101
Logical Connector Properties And Tasks.....................................................................................................................102
Path Health............................................................................................................................................................... 103
Clearing The Connectors Redundant Path View..................................................................................................103
Connector Components.......................................................................................................................................... 103
12 Tape Drive.................................................................................................................................................104
Tape Drive Properties.....................................................................................................................................................104
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