Supported enclosures.................................................................................................................................................... 202
Summary of supported features for storage devices............................................................................................ 203
Inventorying and monitoring storage devices..........................................................................................................205
Monitoring storage devices using web interface.............................................................................................. 206
Monitoring storage devices using RACADM...................................................................................................... 206
Monitoring backplane using iDRAC settings utility........................................................................................... 206
Viewing storage device topology................................................................................................................................ 206
Managing physical disks................................................................................................................................................ 206
Assigning or unassigning physical disk as global hot spare............................................................................. 207
Converting a physical disk to RAID or non-RAID mode................................................................................... 208
Erasing physical disks...............................................................................................................................................208
Erasing SED device data......................................................................................................................................... 209
Rebuild Physical Disk.................................................................................................................................................210
Managing virtual disks.................................................................................................................................................... 210
Creating virtual disks................................................................................................................................................. 211
Editing virtual disk cache policies...........................................................................................................................212
Deleting virtual disks................................................................................................................................................. 213
Checking virtual disk consistency.......................................................................................................................... 213
Initializing virtual disks.............................................................................................................................................. 213
Encrypting virtual disks............................................................................................................................................ 214
Assigning or unassigning dedicated hot spares.................................................................................................. 214
Managing virtual disks using web interface.........................................................................................................217
Managing virtual disks using RACADM.................................................................................................................218
Managing controllers...................................................................................................................................................... 218
Configuring controller properties........................................................................................................................... 218
Importing or auto importing foreign configuration.............................................................................................221
Clearing foreign configuration................................................................................................................................222
Resetting controller configuration........................................................................................................................ 223
Switching the controller mode...............................................................................................................................223
12 Gbps SAS HBA adapter operations................................................................................................................. 225
Monitoring predictive failure analysis on drives.................................................................................................225
Controller operations in non-RAID mode or HBA mode...................................................................................225
Running RAID configuration jobs on multiple storage controllers................................................................. 226
Manage Preserved cache........................................................................................................................................226
Managing PCIe SSDs..................................................................................................................................................... 226
Inventorying and monitoring PCIe SSDs..............................................................................................................227
Preparing to remove PCIe SSD..............................................................................................................................227
Erasing PCIe SSD device data............................................................................................................................... 228
Managing enclosures or backplanes...........................................................................................................................230
Configuring backplane mode.................................................................................................................................. 230
Viewing universal slots.............................................................................................................................................233
Setting SGPIO mode................................................................................................................................................ 233
Set Enclosure Asset Tag......................................................................................................................................... 233
Set Enclosure Asset Name......................................................................................................................................234
Choosing operation mode to apply settings............................................................................................................. 234
Choosing operation mode using web interface..................................................................................................234
Choosing operation mode using RACADM..........................................................................................................234
Viewing and applying pending operations................................................................................................................. 235
Viewing, applying, or deleting pending operations using web interface...................................................... 235
Viewing and applying pending operations using RACADM..............................................................................236
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