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Physical Drive, SCSI Channel, Options, Description, Channel Options - transfer rate

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Configuration Utility Objects Menu, Continued Physical Drive Choose this option from the Configuration Utility Objects menu to select a physical device and to perform the operations listed in the table below. The physical hard disk drives in the computer are listed. Move the cursor to the desired device and press to display the following: Physical Drive Options Rebuild Format Make Online Fail Drive Make HotSpare View Drive Information Synchronous Negotiation SCSI Command Tagging Description Rebuild the selected physical drive. Choose this option to low-level format the selected disk drive. Choose this option to change the state of the selected disk drive to Online. Choose this option to change the state of the selected disk drive to Fail. Choose this option to designate the selected disk drive as a hot spare. Choose this option to display the drive properties for the selected physical device. Choose this option to enable or disable synchronous negotiation for the selected physical device. The default is Enabled. Choose this option to set the number of queue tags per command to Disabled, 2, 3, 4, or Enhanced. The default setting is Enhanced. Configuration Utility Objects Menu, Continued SCSI Channel Choose this option from the Configuration Utility Objects menu to select a SCSI channel on the currently selected controller. You can perform the following operations on the selected channel. Channel Options Termination State SCSI Transfer Rate Enable Auto Termination Description When set to Enabled, the MegaRAID controller is terminated. When set to Disabled, it is not. Normally, you will not need to change this setting. MegaRAID automatically sets this option. The SCSI transfer rates are: Fast up to 20 MB/s Ultra up to 40 MB/s Ultra-2 up to 80 MB/s Ultra160M up to 160 MB/s Normally, you will not have to change this option. MegaRAID automatically uses the fastest possible data transfer rate based on the attached SCSI devices. Chapter 2 MegaRAID Configuration Utility 13

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Chapter 2 MegaRAID Configuration Utility
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Configuration Utility Objects Menu,
Continued
Physical Drive
Choose this option from the Configuration Utility Objects menu to select a
physical device and to perform the operations listed in the table below. The
physical hard disk drives in the computer are listed. Move the cursor to the
desired device and press <Enter> to display the following:
Physical Drive
Options
Description
Rebuild
Rebuild the selected physical drive.
Format
Choose this option to low-level format the selected disk
drive.
Make Online
Choose this option to change the state of the selected disk
drive to Online.
Fail Drive
Choose this option to change the state of the selected disk
drive to Fail.
Make HotSpare
Choose this option to designate the selected disk drive as a
hot spare.
View Drive
Information
Choose this option to display the drive properties for the
selected physical device.
Synchronous
Negotiation
Choose this option to enable or disable synchronous
negotiation for the selected physical device. The default is
Enabled.
SCSI Command
Tagging
Choose this option to set the number of queue tags per
command to Disabled, 2, 3, 4, or Enhanced. The default
setting is Enhanced.
Configuration Utility Objects Menu,
Continued
SCSI Channel
Choose this option from the Configuration Utility Objects menu to select a SCSI
channel on the currently selected controller. You can perform the following
operations on the selected channel.
Channel Options
Description
Termination State
When set to Enabled, the MegaRAID controller is
terminated. When set to Disabled, it is not. Normally, you
will not need to change this setting. MegaRAID
automatically sets this option.
SCSI Transfer Rate
The SCSI transfer rates are:
Fast
up to 20 MB/s
Ultra
up to 40 MB/s
Ultra-2
up to 80 MB/s
Ultra160M
up to 160 MB/s
Normally, you will not have to change this option.
MegaRAID automatically uses the fastest possible data
transfer rate based on the attached SCSI devices.
Enable Auto
Termination