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General Controller Settings

Note: Default settings are shown in bold type.

Option

Description

Drive’s Write Cache

When set to Enable All, write cache is enabled on all disk drives on the

 

controller. (Enabling the write cache overrides any individual drive

 

settings in Adaptec Storage Manager.) When set to Disable All, write

 

cache is not used on the disk drives. When set to Drive Specific, write

 

cache is enabled/disabled on a per-drive basis in Adaptec Storage

 

Manager.

 

Caution—When write cache is enabled, there is a slight possibility of

 

data loss or corruption during a power failure.

Runtime BIOS

When enabled, the controller BIOS allows the controller to act as a

 

bootable device. Disabling the BIOS allows another controller to act as a

 

bootable device.

Automatic Failover

When enabled, the controller automatically rebuilds an array when a

 

failed disk drive is replaced. When disabled, the array must be rebuilt

 

manually.

Array Background

When enabled, the controller constantly verifies a redundant array. Note

Consistency Check

that there may be a significant performance reduction. Default is

 

disabled.

Array-based BBS

When enabled in systems that support BBS, the controller presents

Support

attached bootable devices up to the BIOS for boot device selection. This

 

is relevant for logical arrays. Default is disabled.

SATA Native Command

When enabled, NCQ is enabled. Disable this feature if you want to

Queuing (NCQ)

attach more than 48 SATA II disk drives. Only available with SATA II disk

 

drives.

Physical Drives Display

When enabled, connected disk drives are displayed during system Power

During POST

On Self Test (POST). Displaying the disk drives adds a few seconds to

 

the overall POST time. Default is disabled.

DVD/CD-ROM Boot

When enabled, the system can be booted from a bootable DVD/CD.

Support

(This setting is not available on all RAID controller models.)

Removable Media

When enabled, removable media devices, such as CD drives, are

Devices Boot Support

supported. (This setting is not available on all RAID controller models.)

Alarm Control

When enabled, the alarm sounds. Default is enabled.

 

Note—When the alarm is turned off (disabled), it will remain off after a

 

reboot.

Default Background

Sets the default priority for background tasks on the controller (such as

Task Priority

logical drive creation) to High, Medium, or Low. Default is Medium.

 

Note—This setting applies to new tasks. It does not affect currently

 

running tasks.

LED Indication Mode

When set to Activity and Fault, the drive activity LEDs blink to indicate

 

I/O activity (randomly depending on I/O load) and fault (steady 1Hz).

 

When set to Fault Only, the drive activity LEDs blink to indicate fault

 

state only. For Series 2 and Series 5 controllers, default is Activity and

 

Fault. For Series 6/6E controllers, default is Fault Only.

 

 

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2268300R specifications

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