HP P3410A HP NetRAID Series User Guide - Page 26
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Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant • Exit: Select this option to quit HP NetRAID Assistant. You cannot exit if disk operations are ongoing. NOTE New configurations are not saved when exiting unless you saved them by using the Wizard. Adapter Menu The options on the HP NetRAID Assistant Adapter menu are described below. • Update Firmware: This selection is not available. • Flush Cache: Writes all data in cache to physical drives. The HP NetRAID system allows logical drives to be configured in write-back mode. If configured in this mode, data is retained in cache and is not immediately written to the physical drives. If your system is configured for write-back mode, and if the adapter must be powered down rapidly, you must flush the contents of the cache memory to preserve data integrity. • Performance Monitor On/Off: Displays a graphic representation of the performance of the logical drive you select. To use this selection, first click the left mouse button on a drive icon and then select Performance Monitor. Performance for each logical drive is displayed in two ways: as the data transfer rate and as the number of I/O operations per second. You can choose different logical drives, the type of graph (bar or line), and the window arrangement from the Performance Monitor menus. • Properties: Displays the adapter properties, including the firmware and BIOS versions, the rebuild rate, and cache memory size. • Rebuild Rate: Sets the rebuild rate for rebuilding a failed drive. The rebuild rate determines the percentage of IOP (input/output processor) resources devoted to the rebuild. A 100% rebuild rate means that 100% of the IOP's resources are applied to the rebuild, leaving no resources available for other tasks until the rebuild is complete. The default rebuild rate is 50%. • Rescan: Reads the current configuration for the currently selected adapter. It displays the updated configuration on the main window of HP NetRAID Assistant. Use this selection if any physical drives were moved, added, removed, changed, or whose state changed after HP NetRAID Assistant was started. 20