User Guide

raidcmd
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Step 1
Execute "optctrl" command with -psd
option and the defined parameters.
-c : Number of RAID Controller for which Power Saving
Device is set.
-psd : Select none or hotspare to change the Power Saving
Device.
Ex) Changes value of HDD Power Saving (Hot Spare)
to "enable" (RAID Controller Number is 1)
raidcmd optctrl -c=1 -psd=hotspare
Step 2 Checking the execution result by using
"property" command. The following parameter of
RAID Controller is changed.
[Power Saving (Hot Spare)] : "Enable" to selected "hotspare". "Disable" to selected "none".
Patrol Read : Enable
Patrol Read Priority : High
Buzzer Setting : Disable
HDD Power Saving(Hot Spare) : Enable
Device Standby Time : 30 minutes
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Rebu
ild Priority : Middle
Consistency Check Priority : Middle
Premium Feature : CacheCade
Battery Status : Normal
> raidcmd optctrl -c=1 -psd=hotspare
> raidcmd property -tg=rc -c=1
RAID Controller #1
ID : 0
Vendor : LSI Corporation
Model : LSI MegaRAID SAS 9267-8i
Firmware Version : 3.140.05-1294
Cache Size : 1,024MB
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Ex) Ref
erring to property of the RAID Controller (RAID Controller number is 1)
raidcmd property -tg=rc -c=1
Only a single parameter can be set at a time. If execute "optctrl" command with -psd option and
-dst option at the same time, command is failed.
Setting Device Standby Time
Set the time of transitioning to Power Saving the Physical Device which is not in use.
You can select the time of transitioning from 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, and 8 hours.
 Some types of RAID Controller do not support this function. If it does not support this
function, the items do not appear. "optctrl" command of raidcmd is failed.
 If HDD Power Saving is "disable", items [Device Standby Time] on the [Options] tab do not
appear. "optctrl" command of raidcmd is failed.
 If you set any value (other than 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, or 8 hours that can be
selected on Universal RAID Utility) by the BIOS utility, the value appears in a selectable list
on Universal RAID Utility as a current value.
RAID Viewer
Step 1
Start the RAID Viewer. Click the RAID Controller on the Tree View. Then click [Properties] on the [File] menu.
Step 2 Click the [Option] tab in the [RAID
Controller #X Properties] dialog box. Change the value
of [Device Standby Time]. Click [OK] or [Apply].