Lenovo ThinkServer RD240 MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide - Page 29
Dimmer Switch Feature, 1.6 UEFI 2.0 Support, SDD S.M.A.R.T. Self-Monitoring - memory
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automatically copying data from a drive with potential to fail to a designated hot spare or newly inserted drive. Because SSDs are very reliable, non-redundant RAID 0 configurations are much more common than in the past. SSD Guard offers added data protection for RAID 0 configurations. SSD Guard works by looking for a predictive failure while monitoring the SDD S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) error log. If errors indicate a SSD failure is imminent, MegaRAID starts a rebuild to preserve the data on the SSD and sends appropriate warning event notifications. 1.5 Dimmer Switch Feature Powering and cooling drives represents a major cost for data centers. The new MegaRAID Dimmer™ Switch reduces the power consumption of the devices connected to a MegaRAID controller. This helps to share resources more efficiently and lower costs. With Dimmer Switch, any unconfigured drive connected to a MegaRAID controller is spun down after 30 minutes of inactivity, reducing its power usage. Spun down drives are spun up automatically when you create a configuration using those drives. 1.6 UEFI 2.0 Support Significant challenges face operating system and platform developers to innovate using the legacy PC-AT BIOS boot environment. These include memory constraints, maintenance challenges, and increased complexities due to a lack of industry-wide standards. To handle these challenges, the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) was developed to do the following: • Define a clean interface between operating systems and the hardware platform at boot time. • Support an architecture-independent mechanism for initializing add-in cards. Dimmer Switch Feature 1-5