Users Guide

Storage Management Service 141
• Export Log File: This task exports the controller log to a text file.
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Import Foreign Configuration: This task imports virtual disks that reside
on physical disks that have been moved from another controller.
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Clear Foreign Configuration: Use the clear foreign configuration task to
clear or erase the virtual disk information from the newly attached
physical disks.
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Set Background Initialization Rate: This task changes the amount of
system resources dedicated to the background initialization task.
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Set Check Consistency Rate: This task changes the amount of system
resources dedicated to the check consistency task.
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Set Reconstruct Rate: This task changes the amount of system resources
dedicated to the reconstruct task.
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Set Patrol Read Mode: This feature identifies disk errors in order to avoid
disk failures and data loss or corruption.
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Start and Stop Patrol Read: These tasks enable you start a Patrol Read task
or stop a running task when the Patrol Read mode is set to manual.
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Manage Pinned Cache: In the write-back policy, data is written to the
cache before being written to the physical disk. If the virtual disk goes
offline or is deleted, for any reason, the data in the cache is lost. Data in
the cache may also be lost in case of unintended cable or power failure.
In case of such failure, the Storage controller preserves the data written on
the pinned or dirty cache until you recover the virtual disk or clear the
cache.
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Import/Recover Foreign Configuration: This task imports and recovers
virtual disks that resides on physical disks that are moved from another
controller.
• Foreign Configuration Operations: This task provides a preview of the
foreign configurations that you can import. It is available on PERC 6
controllers with firmware version 6.1 and later.
• Clear Foreign Configuration: Use this task to clear or erase the virtual
disk information from the newly attached physical disks
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• Change Controller Properties: This task provides you the option to
change multiple controller properties at the same time. It is available on
PERC 6 controllers with firmware version 6.1 and later.
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