Monitoring backplane using iDRAC settings utility........................................................................................... 203
Viewing storage device topology................................................................................................................................ 203
Managing physical disks................................................................................................................................................ 203
Assigning or unassigning physical disk as global hot spare.............................................................................203
Converting a physical disk to RAID or non-RAID mode................................................................................... 204
Instant Erase Secured Physical Disk.................................................................................................................... 205
Rebuild Physical Disk................................................................................................................................................206
Managing virtual disks................................................................................................................................................... 206
Creating virtual disks................................................................................................................................................206
Editing virtual disk cache policies..........................................................................................................................208
Deleting virtual disks................................................................................................................................................ 208
Checking virtual disk consistency......................................................................................................................... 209
Initializing virtual disks............................................................................................................................................. 209
Encrypting virtual disks............................................................................................................................................ 210
Assigning or unassigning dedicated hot spares..................................................................................................210
Managing virtual disks using web interface.........................................................................................................212
Managing virtual disks using RACADM.................................................................................................................213
Managing controllers...................................................................................................................................................... 214
Configuring controller properties........................................................................................................................... 214
Importing or auto importing foreign configuration............................................................................................ 216
Clearing foreign configuration................................................................................................................................ 218
Resetting controller configuration......................................................................................................................... 218
Switching the controller mode............................................................................................................................... 219
12 Gbps SAS HBA adapter operations................................................................................................................. 220
Monitoring predictive failure analysis on drives.................................................................................................220
Controller operations in non-RAID mode or HBA mode................................................................................... 221
Running RAID configuration jobs on multiple storage controllers..................................................................221
Manage Preserved cache........................................................................................................................................ 221
Managing PCIe SSDs...................................................................................................................................................... 221
Inventorying and monitoring PCIe SSDs..............................................................................................................222
Preparing to remove PCIe SSD............................................................................................................................. 223
Erasing PCIe SSD device data............................................................................................................................... 224
Managing enclosures or backplanes...........................................................................................................................225
Configuring backplane mode.................................................................................................................................. 225
Viewing universal slots.............................................................................................................................................228
Setting SGPIO mode................................................................................................................................................ 228
Set Enclosure Asset Tag......................................................................................................................................... 229
Set Enclosure Asset Name..................................................................................................................................... 229
Choosing operation mode to apply settings............................................................................................................. 229
Choosing operation mode using web interface..................................................................................................229
Choosing operation mode using RACADM..........................................................................................................230
Viewing and applying pending operations................................................................................................................. 230
Viewing, applying, or deleting pending operations using web interface...................................................... 230
Viewing and applying pending operations using RACADM.............................................................................. 231
Storage devices — apply operation scenarios......................................................................................................... 231
Blinking or unblinking component LEDs.....................................................................................................................232
Blinking or unblinking component LEDs using web interface......................................................................... 232
Blinking or unblinking component LEDs using RACADM................................................................................. 233
Chapter 16: BIOS Settings ........................................................................................................ 234
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