HP Serviceguard Extended Distance Cluster for Linux A.12.00.00 Deployment Guide, March 2014

# echo 50000 > /proc/sys/dev/raid/speed_limit_min
or
# sysctl -w dev.raid.speed_limit_min=50000
A.6 Enabling and Disabling Write Intent Internal Bitmap
You can either enable or disable write intent internal bitmap from an active array as follows:
1. To enable bitmap for an MD device /dev/md0:
#mdadm --grow --bitmap=internal /dev/md0
2. To disable bitmap for an MD device /dev/md0:
#mdadm --grow --bitmap=none /dev/md0
52 Managing an MD Device