Concept Guide

controller properties and attributes are divided into views to provide a simple methodology for the clients
to query the iDRAC views and set the iDRAC attributes.
You can perform the following operations:
Retrieve current iDRAC configuration and inventory
Get and set any configurable iDRAC attribute
Manage iDRAC user accounts
RAID configuration
The RAID configuration feature is used to manage the properties and capabilities of the RAID storage. The
RAID storage is modeled using a collection of attributes, where there are collections for the enclosures,
storage adapters, logical disks, physical disk drives, and PCIeSSD devices. Additionally, there is a
configuration service that contains all the methods used to configure the RAID storage.
You can perform the following operations:
Retrieve current configuration of RAID inventory.
Delete all virtual disks and unassign all the hot spare physical disk drives.
Prepare any foreign physical disk drives for inclusion in the local configuration.
Manage hot spares.
Manage keys for self-encrypting drives.
Manage virtual disks. You can perform the following:
Create a single virtual disk. After the virtual disk is created, the FQDD of the virtual disk changes.
Initialize (fast or slow) the virtual disk using the physical disk drives attached to the PERC
controller.
Delete a virtual disk from the PERC controller.
Configure the following RAID attributes:
Virtual disks — Read Policy, Write Policy, and Disk Cache Policy
Controllers — Background Initialization Rate, Check Consistency Mode, Check Consistency Rate,
Copy Back Mode, Possible load balance modes, Patrol Read Mode, Rebuild Rate, and
Reconstruction Rate.
Change RAID-ready states of the physical disk drives.
View PCIeSSD and extended card information.
Reset PERC controller configuration.
Import foreign configurations such that virtual disks are not lost after moving physical disks. The
controllers provide support for auto import of foreign configuration.
Clear foreign configuration on physical disk drives attached to a controller.
Set patrol read mode to avoid disk failures and data loss or corruption.
Assign or unassign a global hot spare for a physical disk drive.
Check the consistency of the redundancy information for redundant virtual disks.
Cancel the check consistency operation that is in progress on a virtual disk.
Blink or unblink the LEDs on the physical disk drives included in the virtual disk.
Create, change, or delete the security key using the Local Key Management (LKM) feature on
controllers that support encryption of the drives.
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