Converting a physical disk to RAID or non-RAID mode............................................................................................. 196
Managing virtual disks.................................................................................................................................................... 196
Creating virtual disks.................................................................................................................................................197
Editing virtual disk cache policies.............................................................................................................................. 198
Deleting virtual disks................................................................................................................................................. 199
Checking virtual disk consistency............................................................................................................................. 199
Initializing virtual disks..............................................................................................................................................200
Encrypting virtual disks............................................................................................................................................ 200
Assigning or unassigning dedicated hot spares......................................................................................................... 201
Managing virtual disks using web interface...............................................................................................................201
Managing virtual disks using RACADM.....................................................................................................................202
Managing controllers......................................................................................................................................................202
Conguring controller properties..............................................................................................................................203
Importing or auto importing foreign conguration.................................................................................................... 205
Clearing foreign conguration...................................................................................................................................207
Resetting controller conguration.............................................................................................................................207
Switching the controller mode................................................................................................................................. 208
12 Gbps SAS HBA adapter operations......................................................................................................................209
Monitoring predictive failure analysis on drives..........................................................................................................210
Controller operations in non-RAID (HBA) mode........................................................................................................ 210
Running RAID conguration jobs on multiple storage controllers...............................................................................210
Managing PCIe SSDs......................................................................................................................................................210
Inventorying and monitoring PCIe SSDs.................................................................................................................... 211
Preparing to remove PCIe SSD................................................................................................................................. 212
Erasing PCIe SSD device data...................................................................................................................................213
Managing enclosures or backplanes................................................................................................................................214
Conguring backplane mode.....................................................................................................................................214
Viewing universal slots.............................................................................................................................................. 217
Setting SGPIO mode.................................................................................................................................................217
Choosing operation mode to apply settings.................................................................................................................... 218
Choosing operation mode using web interface..........................................................................................................218
Choosing operation mode using RACADM................................................................................................................219
Viewing and applying pending operations........................................................................................................................219
Viewing, applying, or deleting pending operations using web interface......................................................................219
Viewing and applying pending operations using RACADM........................................................................................220
Storage devices — apply operation scenarios................................................................................................................220
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Blinking or unblinking component LEDs...........................................................................................................................221
Blinking or unblinking component LEDs using web interface.....................................................................................221
Blinking or unblinking component LEDs using RACADM...........................................................................................222
14 Conguring and using virtual console.........................................................................223
Supported screen resolutions and refresh rates..............................................................................................................223
Conguring virtual console.............................................................................................................................................224
Conguring virtual console using web interface....................................................................................................... 224
Conguring virtual console using RACADM..............................................................................................................224
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