Vess R2000 SERIES, Product Manual

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Vess R2000 Series Product Manual Promise Technologies
Advanced information for SAS physical drives includes:
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To make global physical drive settings:
1. Click the Device tab.
2. Click the Physical Drive icon.
3. Click the Global Physical Drive Settings button.
4. Check the boxes to enable, uncheck to disable.
For SATA drives:
• Enable Write Cache
• Enable Read Look Ahead Cache
• Enable Command Queuing
For SAS drives:
• Enable Write Cache
• Enable Read Look Ahead Cache
• Enable Read Cache
5. Click the Save button.
• Read Cache – Enabled or disabled
• Read Cache Support – Yes or No
• Write Cache – Enabled or disabled
• Write Cache Support – Yes or No
• Enable Read Look Ahead
Support – Yes or No
• Read Look Ahead Cache –
Enabled or disabled
• Command Queuing – Enabled or disabled
• Command Queuing Support – Yes or No
• WWN – World Wide Name
• Port 1 Negotiated Physical Drive Speed
• Port 1 SAS Address
• Port 2 Negotiated Physical
Drive Speed
• Port 2 SAS Address
• Drive Temperature in ºC
• Drive Reference Temperature in ºC
• Power Saving Level –
Enabled or disabled
• Medium Error Threshold
• SAS SATA Bridge Firmware Version
• SAS SATA Bridge Boot Loader Version