Users Guide

Controller management (Ctrl Mgmt)

The Controller Management screen (Ctrl Mgmt) displays the product name, package, firmware version,

BIOS version, boot block version, controller ID, security capability, and security key presence. Use the

screen to perform actions on the controller and BIOS. You can perform functions such as enable or

disable the controller BIOS, enable or disable the BIOS during bootup in the event of BIOS errors, and

enable or disable the option to Auto Import. In addition, you can select a virtual disk from which to boot,

and select default settings.

Controller Management Actions

The following table describes the actions you can perform on the Ctrl Mgmt screen.

Table 10. Controller Management Options

Option Description

Enable Controller BIOS

Select the option to enable the controller BIOS. If

the boot device is on the RAID controller, the BIOS

must be enabled.

Disable the BIOS to use other boot devices.

In a multiple controller environment, you can

enable BIOS on multiple controllers. However, if

you want to boot from a specific controller, then

enable the BIOS on that controller and disable it on

the other controllers. The system can then boot

from the BIOS-enabled controller.

Enable BIOS Stop On Error Select the option to stop the system BIOS during

bootup if there are BIOS errors. The option enables

you to enter the configuration utility to resolve the

problem.

Select Bootable Device

Select the option to specify a virtual disk as the

boot disk on the controller.

NOTE: For PERC H310 the option may be a

Virtual Disk or  Non-RAID drive.

The option is displayed if you have built virtual

disks.

Enable Auto Import Attempts to import every online foreign

configuration during boot without having the need

to access the BIOS Configuration Utility (<Ctrl>

<R>).

Limit SATA speed to 3Gbps (reboot required) Select the option to limit the negotiated speed of

6Gbps SATA disks to 3Gbps. NOTE: The option is

displayed if you have a server with a backplane of 8

slots or less.

Factory Default Select the option to restore the default settings for

the options in the Settings box.