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– When this option is set to On and a startup error occurs, the system stops at
the recovery option screen and waits 30 seconds for you to respond. Then,
the BIOS automatically selects an appropriate option and continues the
system startup process.
v
ReadAhead shows the current state of the read-ahead cache mode.
v CompMode shows the current state of BIOS-compatibility mapping. Off indicates
8 GB (Extended); On indicates 2 GB (Limited).
v
Clustered shows the current state for clustering.
v BBC shows the cache size of the battery-backup cache, if it is installed (8 = 8
MB or 32 = 32 MB) or No if there is no battery-backup cache installed.
v Boot Blk shows the version number of the startable microcode (or firmware)
loaded for the ServeRAID controller.
v Code Blk shows the current version number of the microcode (or firmware)
loaded for the ServeRAID controller.
v Rebuild Rate shows the current speed setting for rebuilds: High, Medium, or
Low.
v
Number of Defunct drives shows the current number of defunct physical drives.
v Number of Offline drives shows the current number of offline logical drives.
v
Number of Critical drives shows the current number of critical logical drives.
v Config Updates shows the number of times that the configuration has been
changed since it was initialized. When you initialize the configuration, the Config
Updates resets to 0.
v Bad Stripe, Locked Stripe, or Blocked Drive identifies the logical drives that
are affected.
– Bad Stripe Drives indicates logical drives that have inaccessible areas.
– Locked Stripe Drives is a reserved field.
– Blocked Drives indicates the logical drives that are blocked. You must
unblock a blocked drive before you can use it. See “Logical-drive-state
descriptions” on page 32 for more information.
Viewing the configuration
You can select View Configuration from the main menu to display the number,
size, RAID level, state, stripe-unit size, write-cache mode, read-ahead cache mode,
and creation date for each logical drive.
Using the advanced configuration functions
You can select the Advanced Functions to restore the controller configuration to
factory-default settings, copy the configuration to the controller from the connected
physical drives, configure BIOS settings, and view the controller and PCI
information.
When you select the Advanced Functions from the main menu, the following
choices are displayed.
Attention: Be careful when making selections from this menu. If you change the
configuration, you might lose data.
v Restore to Factory Default Settings restores all parameters in the configuration
to the factory-default settings. When you reset the configuration, any data or
programs stored on the logical drives attached to the selected ServeRAID
controller will become inaccessible.
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