Users Guide

Advanced controller properties
Set the patrol read mode
Steps
1. Enter the Dell PERC 11 Configuration Utility. See Navigate to Dell PERC 11 configuration utility.
2. Click Main Menu > Controller Management > Advanced Controller Properties.
3. Click Patrol Read.
The following options are displayed:
● Start—Starts patrol read for the selected controller.
● Suspend—Suspends the ongoing patrol read operation on the controller.
● Resume—Resumes the suspended patrol read operation.
● Stop—Stops patrol read for the selected controller.
4. Set the Mode to Auto, Manual, or Disabled.
5. Click Apply Changes.
Enable physical disk power management
Steps
1. Enter the Dell PERC 11 Configuration Utility. See Navigate to Dell PERC 11 configuration utility.
2. Click Main Menu > Controller Management > Advanced Controller Properties.
3. Click Physical Disk Power Management.
The following list of options is displayed:
● Time Interval for Spin Down—allows the user to specify the delay time before a disk is spun down.
● Spin Down Hot Spare—allows you to enable or disable the spin down of hot spare disks.
● Spin Down Unconfigured Good—spin down of un-configured disks.
4. Select the applicable options and click Apply Changes.
The changes made are saved successfully.
Configure hot spare drives
Steps
1. Enter the Dell PERC 11 Configuration Utility. See Navigate to Dell PERC 11 configuration utility.
2. Click Main Menu > Controller Management > Advanced Controller Properties.
3. Click Spare.
The following list of options are displayed:
● Persistent Hot Spare—allows you to enable or disable the ability to have same system backplane or storage enclosure
disk slots dedicated as hot spare slots.
● Allow Replace Member with Revertible Hot Spare—allows you to enable or disable the option to copy the data form a hot
spare disk to physical disk.
● Auto Replace Member on Predictive Failure—allows you to enable or disable the option to start a Replace Member
operation if a predictive failure error is detected on a physical disk.
4. Select the applicable option and click Apply Changes.
The changes made are saved successfully.
Set task rates
Steps
1. Enter the Dell PERC 11 Configuration Utility. See Navigate to Dell PERC 11 configuration utility.
2. Click Main Menu > Controller Management > Advanced Controller Properties.
Manage PERC 11 controllers using HII configuration utility
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