Users Guide

Alerts Or Events................................................................................................................................................................ 29
Monitoring Disk Reliability On RAID Controllers........................................................................................................ 29
Using Alarms To Detect Failures................................................................................................................................... 30
Time Delay In Displaying Configuration Changes...................................................................................................... 30
Chapter 5: PCI Express Solid-State Device Support.....................................................................31
PCIe SSD..............................................................................................................................................................................31
PCIe SSD Features............................................................................................................................................................ 31
PCIe SSD Subsystem Properties....................................................................................................................................31
PCIe Extender Cards........................................................................................................................................................ 32
Physical Device Properties..............................................................................................................................................33
Physical Device Tasks...................................................................................................................................................... 35
Blinking And Unblinking A PCIe SSD.......................................................................................................................35
Enabling Full Initialization On A Micron PCIe SSD...............................................................................................36
Preparing To Remove A PCIe SSD..........................................................................................................................36
Exporting The Log....................................................................................................................................................... 37
Performing A Cryptographic Erase On An NVMe PCIe SSD............................................................................ 37
PCIe SSD In Slot Card Tasks.......................................................................................................................................... 37
To Locate Cryptographic Erase In Storage Management For A PCIe SSD In Slot Card........................... 38
PCIe SSD In Slot Card Properties................................................................................................................................. 38
PCIe SSD In Slot Card Tasks..........................................................................................................................................39
Exporting The Log For A PCIe SSD In Slot Card.......................................................................................................40
To Locate Export Log In Storage Management For NVMe PCIe SSDs...............................................................40
PCIe SSD Subsystem Health.......................................................................................................................................... 40
Backplanes.................................................................................................................................................................... 40
Backplane Firmware Version.................................................................................................................................... 40
Chapter 6: Storage Information And Global Tasks........................................................................42
Storage Properties............................................................................................................................................................42
Global Tasks........................................................................................................................................................................42
Setting the Remaining Rated Write Endurance Threshold................................................................................42
Setting the Available Spare Threshold................................................................................................................... 43
Storage Controller Properties........................................................................................................................................ 44
Storage Components..................................................................................................................................................45
Chapter 7: Controllers................................................................................................................. 46
Controller.............................................................................................................................................................................46
RAID Controller Technology - SATA And SAS........................................................................................................... 46
SAS RAID Controllers................................................................................................................................................. 46
RAID Controller Features.................................................................................................................................................47
Controller — Supported RAID Levels...........................................................................................................................47
Controller — Supported Stripe Sizes...........................................................................................................................47
RAID Controller Read, Write, and Disk Cache Policy................................................................................................48
Read Policy....................................................................................................................................................................48
Write Policy...................................................................................................................................................................48
Disk Cache Policy........................................................................................................................................................ 48
Background Initialization On PERC Controllers......................................................................................................... 49
Non-RAID Controller Description.................................................................................................................................. 49
Non-RAID SAS Controllers........................................................................................................................................49
4
Contents