User`s guide

Chapter 8: Maintaining Physical Devices ● 94
Saving Your Controller Configuration
If you require a record of your controller configurations, you can use Adaptec Storage Manager
to create a text file with this information about all controllers on a selected system:
● Controllers
● Disk drives
● Disk drives used in logical drives
● Logical drives
To save a system’s controller configurations:
1 In the Enterprise View, click the local or remote system.
2 In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Save printable configuration.
3 In the Save window, browse to the directory you want, then enter a file name for the report.
(The default directory is the directory in which the Adaptec Storage Manager is installed.
The default file name is RaidCfg.log.)
A text-file report is saved.
Setting a Controller’s Default Task Priority
To set the default priority for all tasks running on the controller to High, Medium, or Low,
right-click the controller in the Enterprise View, then select Change default task priority.
Note:
This setting applies to new tasks. It does not affect currently running tasks.
Enabling Native Command Queuing on a Controller
Native Command Queuing, or NCQ, lets SATA disk drives arrange commands into the most
efficient order for optimum performance.
To enable or disable NCQ for the drives on a controller:
1 In the Enterprise view, select a controller.
2 In the menu bar, select Actions, select NCQ, then click Enable or Disable.
Disabling Statistics Logging on a Controller
If you enabled statistics logging when you first logged in (see page 31), Adaptec Storage
Manager gathers IO and usage statistics for all the controllers on a system. If you prefer not to
gather statistics for a controller, you can disable statistics logging on that controller.
To disable statistics logging on a controller:
1 In the Enterprise view, select a controller.
2 In the menu bar, select Actions, select Advanced Statistics, then click Disable.
Re-Enabling Statistics Logging
To re-enable statistics logging, repeat steps 1 and 2 in Disabling Statistics Logging on a
Controller, selecting Enable in Step 2.