Users Guide

iDRAC interface supports only 12 Gbps SAS HBA controller and HBA330 internal controller in this release.
You can perform the following for non-RAID controllers:
● View controller, physical disks, and enclosure properties as applicable for the non-RAID controller. Also, view EMM, fan,
power supply unit, and temperature probe properties associated with the enclosure. The properties are displayed based on
the type of controller.
● View software and hardware inventory information.
● Update firmware for enclosures behind the 12 Gbps SAS HBA controller (staged)
● Monitor the polling or polling frequency for physical disk SMART trip status when there is change detected
● Monitor the physical disks hot plug or hot removal status
● Blink or unblink LEDs
NOTE:
● You must perform Collect System Inventory On Reboot (CSIOR) operation before inventorying or monitoring the non-
RAID controllers.
● Reboot the system after performing a firmware update.
● Real-time monitoring for SMART enabled drives and SES enclosure sensors is only done for the 12 Gbps SAS HBA
controllers and HBA330 internal controllers.
NOTE: During warm boot, there may be LC Logs for PDR8 Drive Inserted. This is because the HBA sends drive inserted
events to iDRAC due to loading and unloading of the HBA driver.
Related concepts
Inventorying and monitoring storage devices on page 197
Viewing system inventory on page 101
Updating device firmware on page 62
Monitoring predictive failure analysis on drives on page 213
Blinking or unblinking component LEDs on page 224
Monitoring predictive failure analysis on drives
Storage management supports Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) on physical disks that are SMART-
enabled.
SMART performs predictive failure analysis on each disk and sends alerts if a disk failure is predicted. The controllers check
physical disks for failure predictions and, if found, pass this information to iDRAC. iDRAC immediately logs an alert.
Controller operations in non-RAID - HBA mode
If the controller is in non-RAID mode (HBA mode), then:
● Virtual disks or hot spares are not available.
●
Security state of the controller is disabled.
● All physical disks are in non-RAID mode.
You can perform the following operations if the controller is in non-RAID mode:
● Blink/unblink the physical disk.
● Configure all properties including the following:
○ Load balanced mode
○ Check consistency mode
○ Patrol read mode
○ Copyback mode
○ Controller boot mode
○ Enhanced auto import foreign configuration
○ Rebuild rate
○ Check consistency rate
○ Reconstruct rate
○ BGI rate
Managing storage devices
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