Users Guide

• At Next Reboot — Select this option to commit all the operations during the next system reboot.
This is the default option for PERC 8 controllers. This option is applicable for PERC 8 and later
versions.
• At Scheduled Time — Select this option to commit the operations at a scheduled day and time.
This option is applicable for PERC 8 and later versions.
– 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. If the commit 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 are displayed.
6. If the commit 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 the clear foreign configuration, import foreign configuration, security key operations, or encrypt
virtual disk operations are in pending state, and if these are the only operations pending, then you
cannot create a job from the Pending Operations page. You must perform any other storage
configuration operation or use RACADM or WSMAN to create the required configuration job on the
required controller.
You cannot view or clear pending operations for PCIe SSDs in the Pending Operations page. Use the
racadm command to clear the pending operations for PCIe SSDs.
Viewing and applying pending operations using RACADM
Use jobqueue subcommand to apply pending operations. For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM
Command Line Reference Guide available at dell.com/esmmanuals.
Storage devices — apply operation scenarios
Case 1: selected an apply operation (apply now, at next reboot, or at scheduled time) and there are no
existing pending operations
If you have selected Apply Now, At Next Reboot, or At Scheduled Time and then clicked Apply, first the
pending operation is created for the selected storage configuration operation.
• If the pending operation is successful and there are no prior existing pending operations, then the job
is created. If the job is created successfully, a message indicating that the job ID is created for the
selected device is displayed. Click Job Queue to view the progress of the job in the Job Queue page.
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 are displayed.
• If the pending operation creation is unsuccessful and there are no prior existing pending operations,
an error message with ID and recommended response action is displayed.
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