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Configuring Controller Properties

Importing or Auto Importing Foreign Configuration

Clearing Foreign Configuration

Resetting Controller Configuration

Supported Controllers

Summary of Supported Features for Storage Devices

Convert To RAID Capable Disk

Convert To Non-RAID Disk

Configuring Controller Properties

You can configure the following properties for the controller:

Patrol read mode (auto or manual)

Start or stop patrol read if patrol read mode is manual

Patrol read unconfigured areas

Check consistency mode

Copyback mode

Load balance mode

Check consistency rate

Rebuild rate

BGI rate

Reconstruct rate

Enhanced auto import foreign configuration

Create or change security keys

NOTE: You can configure the Patrol Read Unconfigured Areas property using the iDRAC Web interface and not RACADM.

You must have Login and Server Control privilege to configure the controller properties.

Patrol Read Mode Considerations

Patrol read identifies disk errors to avoid disk failures, data loss, or corruption.

The Patrol Read does not run on a physical disk in the following circumstances:

The physical disk is not included in a virtual disk or assigned as a hot spare.

The physical disk is included in a virtual disk that is currently undergoing one of the following:

A rebuild

A re-configuration or reconstruction

A background initialization

A check consistency

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