Technical Product Specification

Software IntelP®P RAID Controller RS2PI008 Technical Product Specification
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Table 10 Intel
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RAID Web Console 2 Options
Option Description
Menu Bar Provides menu options including exit, rescan, operations, log, and online help.
Physical / Virtual View Panel Shows the hierarchy of physical / virtual devices in the server.
Properties / Operations / Graphical
View Panel
Displays information about the selected device and the operations that can be
performed on the device.
Event Log Panel Displays the event log entries for the selected RAID controller.
Adapter Properties Configures adapter properties. The configuration of these properties within the
Intel
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RAID Web Console 2 is limited to properties that can be performed
without a reboot of the controller or that are not data destructive.
Physical Drive Properties View physical drive properties including drive model, serial number, defect
tables, and association with virtual drives.
Virtual Disk Properties View virtual disk properties, including drive size, stripe size, disk cache policy,
array cache policy, virtual disk name, and virtual disk status.
Configuration Wizard Clears a configuration, creates a new configuration, or adds a configuration.
3.3 Command-line Utility
The command-line utility (CLU) is an operating system-based text utility that allows the
configuration of the RAID controller properties, configuration of disk arrays and virtual drives,
configuration of cache settings, firmware updates, and error reporting. The CLU is available for
DOS*, UEFI*, Microsoft Windows*, and Linux* operating systems. For a list of all command-line
options, see the Intel
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RAID Controller Command Line Tool 2 User Guide. The following table
provides a synopsis of available options:
Table 11 Command-line Utility Options
Option Description
Help Command-line tool option to command help.
Controller Information Provides information about controller properties and configuration.
Configuration information Provides information on physical and virtual drives attached to the controller.
Configuration management Allows configuration of the RAID controller, virtual drive properties, and hard drive
cache configuration.
Configuration
creation/deletion
Allows configuration or deletion of virtual drives, including RAID level configuration,
cache policy configuration, and hot spare configuration.
3.4 Flash Utility
This utility is an operating system-based utility that allows you to update the RAID controller
firmware. It is available for UEFI*, DOS*, Microsoft Windows*, and Linux*. It is designed for use
with a separate firmware update file. For a complete list of options, see the Release Notes for
the specific version of the utility in use.
3.5 SNMP Support
SNMP support includes MIB files that are available upon request for recompilation compatibility
with existing SNMP-enabled monitoring applications. An SNMP agent is also available. For
operational details, see the Release Notes that accompany these files.