User Guide
ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series
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2.2.11 Modifying Controller Properties
The Utility shows information for one LSI SAS controller at a time. If your system
has multiple LSI SAS controllers, you can view information for a different controller
by pressing the <F12> key and selecting a controller from the list. Navigate to the
Properties menu to view the properties of the active controller.
To change the controller properties:
1. Navigate to the Ctrl Mgmt menu to view the rst Controller Settings screen.
2. You may change the values of the properties for the editable elds. To
change additional properties, such as link speed, and power settings, press
Next to go to the second Controller Settings screen.
3. Press Apply. The following table describes all entries and options listed
on both the Controller Settings screen. Leave these options at their default
settings to achieve the best performance, unless you have a specic reason
for changing them.
Options Descriptions
Alarm Control
Select this option to enable, disable, or silence the onboard alarm tone
generator on the controller.
Coercion Mode
Use this option to force drives of varying capacities to the same size
so they can be used in a drive group. The coercion mode options are
None, 128MB-way, and 1GB-way. The number you choose depends
on how much the drives from various vendors vary in their actual size.
BIOS Mode
Species the following options to set the BIOS boot mode:
• Stop on Error: shows the errors encountered during boot up and
waits for your input. The rmware does not proceed with the boot
process till you take some action.
• Ignore Error: Ignores errors and the rmware proceeds with boot.
• Pause on Error: the rmware may halt due to hardware faults. If the
rmware encounters no hardware faults, then the boot up continues.
• SafeMode Error: Boots the controller to run on safe mode.
Boot Device
Use this option to select the boot device from the list of virtual drives
and JBODs.
Rebuild Rate
Use this option to select the rebuild rate for drives connected to the
selected controller. The rebuild rate is the percentage of system
resources dedicated to rebuilding a failed drive. The higher the
number, the more system resources that are devoted to a rebuild. The
range of rebuild rate is between 0 and 100 percent.