Ta b l e 1 2 - 3 . A d ap t er Me n u O p t i on s (continued)

Option

Description

 

 

View/Update

Select this option to display the firmware version number and

Parameters

the cache memory size. You can also change the rebuild rate

 

for the adapter through this option.

 

 

Adapter Type

The model of adapter that is being used.

 

 

Logical Drive

Choose Objects—>Logical Drive to select a logical drive and to perform the actions described in Table 12-4.

Ta b l e 1 2 - 4 . Lo g i ca l D r i v e M e n u O p t i o n s

Option

Description

 

 

Initialize

Select this option to initialize the selected logical drive. This

 

should be done for every logical drive you configure.

 

 

Check

Select this option to verify the correctness of the redundancy

Consistency

data in the selected logical drive. This option is available only if

 

RAID level 1 or 5 is used. PERC 3 automatically corrects any

 

differences found in the data.

 

 

View/Update

Select this option to display the properties of the selected logical

Parameters

drive. You can modify the cache write policy, the cache read

 

policy, virtual sizing and the I/O policy from this menu.

 

 

 

Virtual Sizing: Set this option to Enabled before adding a

 

physical drive to a logical drive. After you have created a logical

 

drive set, the partition of the drive should be as large as the

 

virtual size of the logical drive.

 

 

Logical Drive Settings

Table 12-5 displays the default logical drive settings. You can change the write policy, read policy, and cache policy after configuration is complete.

Ta b l e 1 2 - 5 . Lo g i ca l D r i v e D ef au l t S e t t i n g s

Parameter

Setting

 

 

Stripe Size

64 KB

 

 

Write Policy

Write-back

Dell Manager

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