Reference Guide

Table 3. Properties for show and set commands (continued)
Property name Set command range Description
consistencycheck
See Consistency check on page 15. See Consistency check on page 15.
copyback
on|off type = smartssd|smarthdd|all
smartssd: Copy back enabled for SSD drives.
smarthdd: Copy back enabled for HDD drives.
all: Copy back enabled for both SSD drives and HDD drives.
Example:
perccli /cx set copyback=on type=all
Enables/disables copy back for
drive types.
eghs
state=on|off: Enables use of hotspare drives for
emergency feature.
eug=on|off: Enables use of unconfigured good drives for
emergency feature.
smarter=on|off: Enables use of emergency spares for
copy back during SMART errors.
Enables/disables the commissioning
of otherwise incompatible global
hot spare drives as Emergency Hot
Spare (EHSP) drives.
exposeencldevice on|off
Enables/disables device drivers to
expose enclosure devices; for
example, expanders, SEPs.
ds(dimmerswitch)
See Dimmer switch commands on page 25. See Dimmer switch commands on
page 25.
foreignautoimport on|off
Imports foreign configuration
automatically, at boot.
jbod on|off
Enables/disables JBOD mode; by
default, drives become system
drives.
NOTE: Not supported by all
controllers.
loadbalancemode on|off
maintainpdfailhist
ory
on|off
Maintains the physical drive fail
history.
patrolread|pr
See Patrol Read on page 13. See Patrol Read on page 13.
perfmode
0: Tuned to provide best IOPS, currently applicable to non-
FastPath.
1: Tuned to provide least latency, currently applicable to non-
FastPath.
Performance tuning setting for the
controller.
personality
RAID | HBA | eHBA Sets the personality of the
controller to either RAID, HBA, or
eHBA mode if it is supported by the
controller.
pi
● [state=<on|off>]
● [import=<on|off>]
● Enables/disables data
protection on the controller.
● Enables or disables import data
protection drives on the
controller.
prcorrectunconfigu
redareas
on|off
Correct media errors during PR by
writing 0s to unconfigured areas of
the disk.
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