AMCC 720-0138-00 manual DM 2 Reference

Chapter 8. 3DM 2 Reference

•Smallest usable spare.

•Smallest usable unconfigured (available) drive.

•Smallest usable failed drive.

For additional information, see “Setting the Auto Rebuild Policy” on page 31.

Auto-Carving.Auto-carving can be enabled or disabled by selecting the appropriate radio button.

When this feature is enabled, any unit that is over a specified size (known as the carve size) will be broken down into multiple volumes of that size, plus a remainder volume. The default carve size is 2048 GB (2 TB). For example, using the default carve size, if the unit is 2.5 TB then it will contain two volumes, with the first volume containing 2 TB and the second volume containing 0.5 TB. If the unit is 5.0 TB then it will contain 3 volumes, with the first two volumes containing 2 TB each and the last volume containing 1 TB.

Carve Size. Sets a size for dividing up units into volumes when Auto-Carving is enabled. This setting can be between 1024 and 2048 GB.

Number of Drives Per Spin-up.Number of drives that will spin up at the same time when the controller is powered up. (This setting only applies when the feature is supported by the disk drives.) This setting can only be changed in the CLI.

Delay between Spin-ups. that spin up at one time on changed in the CLI.

The delay time (in seconds) between drive groups this particular controller. This setting can only be

Export JBOD (Unconfigured) Disks. This feature is not relevant for the Macintosh.

For additional information, see “About Controller Policies” on page 31.

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