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Monitoring Rebuilds and Other Processes

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NOTE: On Dell PERC 5/i controllers and Dell PERC 6/i controllers, you can change virtual disk properties such as Read Policy, Write Policy, IO Policy, and Access Policy after the virtual disk has been created. For more information, see Changing Virtual Disk Properties. To display a graphical view of a virtual disk, click on a virtual disk icon in the left panel of the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager and click the Graphical View tab. In Graphical View, the disk group (array) used for this virtual disk is shaded blue to show how much of the disk group capacity is used by this virtual disk. If part of the disk group is shaded white, this indicates that some of the capacity is used by another virtual disk. In a RAID 10 configuration, two disk groups are used by one virtual disk. Monitoring Rebuilds and Other Processes Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager allows you to monitor the progress of rebuilds and other lengthy processes in the Group Show Progress window. To open this window, select Group Operations -> Show Progress on the menu bar. Operations on virtual disks appear in the left panel of the Group Show Progress window, and operations on physical drives appear in the right panel. The following operations appear in this window. • Background initialization of a virtual disk (on Dell PERC 5/i controllers and Dell PERC 6/i controllers only) • Rebuild (see Rebuilding a Drive) • Consistency check (on Dell PERC 5/i controllers and Dell PERC 6/i controllers only) (see Running a Consistency Check) • Replace member (on Dell PERC 5/i controllers and Dell PERC 6/i controllers only) To abort any ongoing process, click the Abort button next to the status indicator. Click Abort All to abort all ongoing processes. Click Close to close the window. Monitoring System Events and Storage Devices 47

Section	Page
User’s Guide	1
Introduction	7
Creating Storage Configurations	7
Monitoring Storage Devices	7
Maintaining Storage Configurations	8
Comparison of Supported Features	8
Installation	11
Installing Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager on Microsoft Windows	11
Installing Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager on Linux	12
Linux Installation Error Messages	12
Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager Windows and Menus	15
Starting Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager	15
Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager Window	16
Physical/Logical View Panel	16
Properties/Operations/Graphical View Panel	17
Event Log Panel	18
Menu Bar	18
Configuration	21
Creating a New Configuration on a SAS 5/iR Controller or on a SAS 6/iR Controller	21
Creating a RAID 0 Configuration on a SAS 5/iR Controller or on a SAS 6/iR Controller	22
Creating a RAID 1 Configuration on a SAS 5/iR Controller or on a SAS 6/iR Controller	23
Creating a New Configuration on a Dell PERC 5/i Controller or on a Dell PERC 6/i Controller	24
Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters	25
Using Auto Configuration on a Dell PERC 5/i Controller or on a Dell PERC 6/i Controller	26
Using Guided Configuration on a Dell PERC 5/i Controller or on a Dell PERC 6/i Controller	28
Using Manual Configuration on a Dell PERC 5/i Controller or on a Dell PERC 6/i Controller (RAID 0, 1, 5, and 6)	30
Using Manual Configuration on a Dell PERC 5/i Controller or on a Dell PERC 6/i Controller (RAID 10)	32
Adding Hotspare Disks	34
Using the Replace Member Feature and Revertible Hot Spares	35
Changing Adjustable Task Rates	36
Changing Virtual Disk Properties	37
Changing a Virtual Disk Configuration	38
Adding a Disk Drive to a Configuration on a PERC 5/i Controller or on a PERC 6/i Controller	39
Changing the RAID Level of a Configuration on a PERC 5/i Controller or on a PERC 6/i Controller	40
Deleting a Virtual Disk	40
Saving a Storage Configuration to Disk	41
Clearing a Storage Configuration from a Controller	41
Adding a Saved Storage Configuration	42
Monitoring System Events and Storage Devices	43
Monitoring System Events	43
Monitoring Controllers	44
Monitoring Disk Drives	44
Running a Patrol Read	45
Monitoring Virtual Disks	46
Monitoring Rebuilds and Other Processes	47
Maintaining and Managing Storage Configurations	49
Initializing Virtual Disks	49
Running a Consistency Check	50
Scheduling a Consistency Check	50
Scanning for New Drives	51
Scanning for Foreign Configurations	51
Clearing a Foreign Configuration	52
Rebuilding a Drive	52
Rebuilding a Drive on a Dell SAS 5/iR System or on a Dell SAS 6/iR System	53
Rebuilding a Drive on a Dell PERC 5/i System or on a Dell PERC 6/i System	54
Making a Drive Offline or Missing	55
Preserving Pinned Cache	55
Upgrading the Firmware	57
Troubleshooting	59
Pinned Cache State	59
Windows Installation Error Messages	60
Linux Installation Error Messages	60
Other Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager Messages	61