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Changing Power Settings Using the Dimmer Switch Enhancement

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Your power settings are saved. In the Physical tab of the MegaRAID Storage Manager main menu window, the nodes for the unconfigured good drives that are spun down appear with Powersave after their status. Changing Power Settings Using the Dimmer Switch Enhancement Follow these steps to change the power settings using the Dimmer Switch™ enhancement. 1. Select a controller icon in the Physical tab or in the Logical tab in the left panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window. 2. Select Go To->Controller->Manage Power Settings from the menu bar. The Manage Power Settings dialog appears as displayed in the following figure. Figure 40 Manage Power Save Settings 3 3. Select the Unconfigured Drives check box; the Unconfigured drives will enter the powersave mode. 4. Select the Hot spare Drives check box; the Hot spare drives will enter the powersave mode. 5. Select the Configured Drives check box; the Configured drives will enter the power save mode. 6. Select the Drive standby time (alt+d) using the drop-down selector from the Drive standby time field. Note: The Drive Standby time drop-down selector is enabled only if any of the above mentioned check boxes are selected. The drive standby time can be 30 minutes, 1 hour, 1.30 hours, 2 hours through 24 hours. 7. Select the mode from the Select power save mode field. The mode can be Auto, Max, or Max without cache. 8. Click OK. The Power-Save settings are saved and the confirmation dialog appears. DB09-000202-05 37857-02 Configuration Rev. F - May 2011 Copyright © 2011 by LSI Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 55

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Configuration
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DB09-000202-05 37857-02
Rev. F - May 2011
Copyright © 2011 by LSI Corporation. All rights reserved.
Your power settings are saved. In the Physical tab of the MegaRAID Storage Manager main
menu window, the nodes for the unconfigured good drives that are spun down appear with
-
Powersave
after their status.
Changing Power Settings Using the Dimmer Switch Enhancement
Follow these steps to change the power settings using the Dimmer Switch™ enhancement.
1.
Select a controller icon in the
Physical
tab or in the
Logical
tab in the left panel of the
MegaRAID Storage Manager window.
2.
Select
Go To->Controller->Manage Power Settings f
rom the menu bar.
The Manage Power Settings dialog appears as displayed in the following figure.
Figure 40
Manage Power Save Settings
3
3.
Select the
Unconfigured Drives
check box; the Unconfigured drives will enter the powersave
mode.
4.
Select the
Hot spare Drives
check box; the Hot spare drives will enter the powersave mode.
5.
Select the
Configured Drives
check box; the Configured drives will enter the power save
mode.
6.
Select the Drive standby time (alt+d) using the drop-down selector from the
Drive standby
time
field.
Note:
The
Drive Standby time
drop-down selector is enabled only if any of the above
mentioned check boxes are selected. The drive standby time can be 30 minutes, 1
hour, 1.30 hours, 2 hours through 24 hours.
7.
Select the mode from the
Select power save mode
field.
The mode can be
Auto
,
Max,
or
Max without cache
.
8.
Click
OK
.
The Power-Save settings are saved and the confirmation dialog appears.