Users Guide

● Apply Now — Select this option to commit all the operations immediately. This option is available for PERC 9 controllers
with the latest firmware versions.
● 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
To apply pending operations, use the jobqueue command.
For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.
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.
Case 2: selected an apply operation (apply now, at next reboot, or at scheduled time) and there are 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 created successfully and if there are existing pending operations, then a message is displayed.
○ Click the View Pending Operations link to view the pending operations for the device.
○ Click Create Job to create job for the selected device. 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 is displayed.
Managing storage devices
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