Compaq Infortrend Detection of Drive Hot Swap Followed by Auto Rebuild, Periodic Drive Check Time

Detection of Drive Hot Swap Followed by Auto

Rebuild

Choose “Periodic Auto-Detect Failure Drive Swap Check Time”; then press [ENTER]. Move the cursor to the desired interval; then press [ENTER]. Choose Yes in the dialog box that follows to confirm the setting.

The controller scans drive buses at this interval to check if a failed drive has been replaced. If a failed drive is replaced, the controller will proceed with the rebuild process.

SAF-TE and S.E.S. Enclosure Monitoring

If there are remote devices in your RAID enclosure being monitored via SAF-TE/S.E.S., use this function to decide at what interval the controller will check the status of these devices. Choose “Periodic SAF-TE and SES Device Check Time”; then press [ENTER]. Move the cursor to the desired interval; then press [ENTER]. Choose Yes in the dialog box that follows to confirm the setting.

Periodic Drive Check Time

The “Periodic Drive Check Time” is the time interval for the controller to check all disk drives that were on the SCSI bus at controller startup (a list of all the drives that were detected can be seen under “View and Edit SCSI Drives”).

The default value is “Disabled.” “Disabled” means that if a drive is removed from the bus, the controller will not be able to know – so

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