Users Guide

Testing The Controller Alarm
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
Select the Test Alarm task to test whether the controller alarm is functional. The alarm sounds for about 2 seconds.
Setting The Rebuild Rate
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
The Set Rebuild Rate task allows you to change the rebuild rate for a controller.
During a rebuild, the complete contents of a physical disk are reconstructed. The rebuild rate, configurable between 0% and 100%,
represents the percentage of the system resources dedicated for rebuilding failed physical disks. At 0%, the rebuild has the lowest priority
for the controller, takes the maximum time to complete, and is the setting with the least impact to system performance. A rebuild rate of
0% does not mean that the rebuild is stopped or paused.
At 100%, the rebuild is the highest priority for the controller, minimizes the rebuild time, and is the setting with the most impact to system
performance.
On the PERC controllers, the controller firmware also uses the rebuild rate setting to control the system resource allocation for the
following tasks:
• Performing A Check Consistency
• Background Initialization. See Cancelling Background Initialization
• Full Initialization. A BIOS setting determines whether a full or fast initialization occurs. See Format, Initialize, Slow And Fast Initialize
• Reconfigure. See Virtual Disk Task: Reconfigure (Step 1 of 3)
To Change The Rebuild Rate
To change the rebuild rate:
1. Type a numerical value in the Set New Rebuild Rate (0-100) field. The value must be within the 0–100 range.
2. Click Apply Changes.
To exit and cancel your changes, click Return to Previous Page.
To locate Set Rebuild Rate In Storage Management
1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.
2. Select a controller object.
3. Click Information/Configuration.
4. Select Set Rebuild Rate from the Available Tasks drop-down menu.
5. Click Execute.
You can also locate this task from the Change Controller Properties drop-down menu.
Resetting The Controller Configuration
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
The Reset Configuration task allows you to erase all the information on the controller so that you can perform a fresh configuration.
This operation destroys all data and virtual disks on the controller and unassigns any hot spares.
You must completely reconfigure the storage after performing this reset operation.
CAUTION:
Resetting a configuration permanently destroys all data on all virtual disks attached to the controller. If the
system or boot partition resides on these virtual disks, it is destroyed.
NOTE: Resetting the controller configuration does not remove a foreign configuration. To remove a foreign
configuration, select Clear Foreign Configuration task.
NOTE: This task is not supported on PERC hardware controllers running in HBA mode.
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