Monitoring backplane using iDRAC settings utility.................................................................................................. 196
Viewing storage device topology.....................................................................................................................................196
Managing physical disks....................................................................................................................................................196
Assigning or unassigning physical disk as global hot spare.....................................................................................196
Converting a physical disk to RAID or non-RAID mode...........................................................................................197
Instant Erase Secured Physical Disk..........................................................................................................................198
Rebuild Physical Disk................................................................................................................................................... 198
Managing virtual disks....................................................................................................................................................... 198
Creating virtual disks................................................................................................................................................... 199
Editing virtual disk cache policies.............................................................................................................................. 200
Deleting virtual disks.................................................................................................................................................... 201
Checking virtual disk consistency.............................................................................................................................. 201
Initializing virtual disks..................................................................................................................................................201
Encrypting virtual disks...............................................................................................................................................202
Assigning or unassigning dedicated hot spares.......................................................................................................202
Managing virtual disks using web interface............................................................................................................. 204
Managing virtual disks using RACADM.................................................................................................................... 205
Managing controllers........................................................................................................................................................ 206
Configuring controller properties.............................................................................................................................. 206
Importing or auto importing foreign configuration..................................................................................................208
Clearing foreign configuration................................................................................................................................... 209
Resetting controller configuration............................................................................................................................. 210
Switching the controller mode................................................................................................................................... 210
12 Gbps SAS HBA adapter operations....................................................................................................................... 211
Monitoring predictive failure analysis on drives........................................................................................................212
Controller operations in non-RAID mode or HBA mode..........................................................................................212
Running RAID configuration jobs on multiple storage controllers..........................................................................213
Manage Preserved cache........................................................................................................................................... 213
Managing PCIe SSDs.........................................................................................................................................................213
Inventorying and monitoring PCIe SSDs................................................................................................................... 214
Preparing to remove PCIe SSD..................................................................................................................................214
Erasing PCIe SSD device data....................................................................................................................................215
Managing enclosures or backplanes................................................................................................................................216
Configuring backplane mode.......................................................................................................................................217
Viewing universal slots.................................................................................................................................................219
Setting SGPIO mode...................................................................................................................................................220
Set Enclosure Asset Tag............................................................................................................................................ 220
Set Enclosure Asset Name.........................................................................................................................................220
Choosing operation mode to apply settings.................................................................................................................. 220
Choosing operation mode using web interface........................................................................................................221
Choosing operation mode using RACADM............................................................................................................... 221
Viewing and applying pending operations.......................................................................................................................221
Viewing, applying, or deleting pending operations using web interface................................................................221
Viewing and applying pending operations using RACADM.................................................................................... 222
Storage devices — apply operation scenarios..............................................................................................................222
Blinking or unblinking component LEDs..........................................................................................................................223
Blinking or unblinking component LEDs using web interface................................................................................ 223
Blinking or unblinking component LEDs using RACADM........................................................................................224
16 BIOS Settings ........................................................................................................................ 225
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