Dell manual View/Add Configuration, Perc 3/QC and Perc 3/DC Default Settings

If you select New Configuration, the existing configuration information on the selected controller is destroyed when the new configuration is saved.

View/Add Configuration

View/Add Configuration allows you to control the same logical drive parameters as New Configuration without disturbing the existing configuration information. You can also choose to enable the Configuration on Disk feature.

PERC 3/QC and PERC 3/DC Default Settings

Table 11-8 displays the default settings for PERC 3/QC and PERC 3/DC.

Ta b l e 1 1 - 8 . P E R C 3/ Q C a n d P E R C 3 / D C D ef au l t S et t i n g s

Stripe size	64 KB
Write policy	Write-back
Read-ahead policy	Adaptive
Cache policy	Direct I/O
FlexRAID virtual sizing	OFF
FlexRAID PowerFail	ON (OFF for cluster enabled)

PERC 3/SC and PERC 3/DCL Default Settings

Table 11-9 displays the default settings for PERC 3/SC and PERC 3/DCL.

Ta b l e 1 1 - 9 . P E R C 3/ S C an d P E R C 3 / D C L D ef a ul t S et t i n g s

Stripe size	64 KB
Write policy	Write-through
Read-ahead policy	Adaptive
Cache policy	Direct I/O
FlexRAID virtual sizing	OFF
FlexRAID PowerFail	ON

NOTE: In cluster mode, PERC 3/DC allows write- through cache policy only.

PERC 3 BIOS Configuration Utility

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