Understanding RAID Concepts..................................................................................................................................... 172
What Is RAID?.............................................................................................................................................................172
Organizing Data Storage For Availability And Performance............................................................................ 173
Choosing RAID Levels ..............................................................................................................................................174
Comparing RAID Level Performance.................................................................................................................... 180
Supported Controllers..................................................................................................................................................... 181
Supported Enclosures..................................................................................................................................................... 181
Summary of Supported Features for Storage Devices.......................................................................................... 182
Inventory and Monitoring Storage Devices...............................................................................................................183
Monitoring Storage Device Using Web Interface.............................................................................................. 183
Monitoring Storage Device Using RACADM....................................................................................................... 184
Monitoring Backplane Using iDRAC Settings Utility..........................................................................................184
Viewing Storage Device Topology............................................................................................................................... 184
Managing Physical Disks................................................................................................................................................ 184
Assigning or Unassigning Physical Disk as Global Hot spare...........................................................................184
Convert To RAID Capable Disk...............................................................................................................................185
Convert To Non-RAID Disk..................................................................................................................................... 186
Managing Virtual Disks................................................................................................................................................... 186
Creating Virtual Disks............................................................................................................................................... 186
Editing Virtual Disk Cache Policies........................................................................................................................ 188
Deleting Virtual Disks................................................................................................................................................ 188
Checking Virtual Disk Consistency........................................................................................................................ 188
Initializing Virtual Disks............................................................................................................................................. 189
Encrypting Virtual Disks........................................................................................................................................... 189
Assigning or Unassigning Dedicated Hot Spares............................................................................................... 190
Managing Virtual Disks Using Web Interface......................................................................................................190
Managing Virtual Disks Using RACADM................................................................................................................191
Managing Controllers...................................................................................................................................................... 191
Configuring Controller Properties...........................................................................................................................191
Importing or Auto Importing Foreign Configuration.......................................................................................... 194
Clearing Foreign Configuration...............................................................................................................................195
Resetting Controller Configuration....................................................................................................................... 195
12Gbps SAS HBA Adapter Operations..................................................................................................................196
Monitoring Predictive Failure Analysis On Drives.............................................................................................. 196
Controller Operations in Non-RAID (HBA) Mode...............................................................................................197
Running RAID Configuration Jobs On Multiple Storage Controllers............................................................. 197
Managing PCIe SSDs...................................................................................................................................................... 197
Inventory and Monitoring PCIe SSDs................................................................................................................... 198
Preparing to Remove PCIe SSD.............................................................................................................................198
Erasing PCIe SSD Device Data...............................................................................................................................199
Managing Enclosures or Backplanes...........................................................................................................................201
Configuring Backplane Mode.................................................................................................................................. 201
Viewing Universal Slots........................................................................................................................................... 203
Setting SGPIO Mode................................................................................................................................................203
Choosing Operation Mode to Apply Settings...........................................................................................................204
Choosing Operation Mode Using Web Interface...............................................................................................204
Choosing Operation Mode Using RACADM........................................................................................................205
Viewing and Applying Pending Operations............................................................................................................... 205
Viewing, Applying, or Deleting Pending Operations Using Web Interface.................................................. 205
Viewing and Applying Pending Operations Using RACADM...........................................................................206
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