Users Guide

Start Time and End Time — Click the calendar icons and select the days. From the drop-down menus, select the time.
The action is applied between the start time and end time.
From the drop-down menu, select the type of reboot:
* No Reboot (Manually Reboot System)
* Graceful Shutdown
* Force Shutdown
* Power Cycle System (cold boot)
NOTE: For PERC 8 or earlier controllers, Graceful Shutdown is the default option. For PERC 9 controllers,
No Reboot (Manually Reboot System) is the default option.
5. Click Apply.
If the job is not created, a message indicating that the job creation was not successful is displayed. Also, the message ID and
the recommended response action is displayed.
If the job is created successfully, a message indicating that the job ID is created for the selected controller is displayed. Click
Job Queue to view the progress of the job in the Job Queue page.
If pending operation is not created, an error message is displayed. If pending operation is successful and job creation is not
successful, then an error message is displayed.
Erasing PCIe SSD device data using RACADM
To securely erase a PCIe SSD device:
racadm storage secureerase:<PCIeSSD FQDD>
To create the target job after executing the secureerase command:
racadm jobqueue create <PCIe SSD FQDD> -s TIME_NOW -e <start_time>
To query the job ID returned:
racadm jobqueue view -i <job ID>
For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.
Managing enclosures or backplanes
You can perform the following for enclosures or backplanes:
View properties
Configure universal mode or split mode
View slot information (universal or shared)
Set SGPIO mode
Related links
Summary of supported features for storage devices
Supported enclosures
Configuring backplane mode
Viewing universal slots
Setting SGPIO mode
Configuring backplane mode
The Dell 13
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generation PowerEdge servers supports a new internal storage topology, where two storage controllers (PERCs) can
be connected to a set of internal drives through a single expander. This configuration is used for high performance mode with no
failover or High Availability (HA) functionality. The expander splits the internal drive array between the two storage controllers. In
this mode, virtual disk creation only displays the drives connected to a particular controller. There are no licensing requirements for
this feature. This feature is supported only on a few systems.
Backplane supports the following modes:
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