Users Guide

8 Support For PERC 9 and PERC 10 Hardware Controllers.............................................................................82
Support For RAID Level 10 Virtual Disk Creation On PERC 9 and PERC 10 Hardware Controllers...................... 82
RAID Level 10 Virtual Disk Creation With Uneven Span........................................................................................83
Support For Advanced Format 4KB Sector Hard-Disk Drives...................................................................................83
Hot Spare Considerations — 4KBSector Hard-Disk Drives................................................................................. 84
Reconguration Considerations — 4KB Sector Hard-Disk Drives...................................................................... 84
9 Support for BOSS-S1 RAID Controllers....................................................................................................... 85
10 Enclosures And Backplanes........................................................................................................................ 86
Backplanes........................................................................................................................................................................86
Flexible Backplane Zoning.........................................................................................................................................86
Enclosures.........................................................................................................................................................................86
MX5016s..................................................................................................................................................................... 87
Enclosure Physical Disks........................................................................................................................................... 88
Enclosure Fans........................................................................................................................................................... 88
Fan Properties............................................................................................................................................................ 88
Enclosure Power Supplies.........................................................................................................................................89
Power Supply Properties.......................................................................................................................................... 89
Enclosure Temperature Probes................................................................................................................................ 89
Enclosure Management Modules............................................................................................................................. 91
Enclosure And Backplane Health............................................................................................................................. 93
Enclosure And Backplane Properties And Tasks.................................................................................................... 93
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....................................100
Creating A Channel-Redundant Virtual Disk Using RAID 10............................................................................... 100
Creating A Channel-Redundant Virtual Disk Using RAID 50.............................................................................. 100
Connector Health........................................................................................................................................................... 100
Controller Information..............................................................................................................................................100
Connector Components.......................................................................................................................................... 100
Connector Properties And Tasks..................................................................................................................................100
Logical Connector Properties And Tasks......................................................................................................................101
Path Health............................................................................................................................................................... 102
Clearing The Connectors Redundant Path View..................................................................................................102
Connector Components.......................................................................................................................................... 102
12 Tape Drive................................................................................................................................................. 103
Tape Drive Properties.....................................................................................................................................................103
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