Viewing The Controller Status - IBM Netfinity ServeRAID-3H Installation And User Manual

If your system contains only one ServeRAID controller, or after you select a ServeRAID controller, the
Main Menu appears.
Descriptions of the choices available from the Main Menu of the Mini-Configuration program are as
follows:
View Controller Status shows the current status of the ServeRAID controller. (See "Viewing the
controller status" for more information.)
View Configuration shows the current configuration information for the ServeRAID controller.
(See "Viewing the configuration" on page 76 for more information.)
Advanced Functions is used to initialize the configuration, import configuration from drives,
configure BIOS settings, and view the controller and PCI information. (See "Using the advanced
configuration functions" on page 76 for more information.)
4. Use the Up Arrow (↑) or Down Arrow (↓) key to highlight your choice; then, press Enter.
5. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen.
6. Click Exit; then, press Enter.

Viewing the controller status

When you select View Controller Status from the Main Menu, the following information appears on the
screen:
All physical drives and their states
Unattended shows the current state of the Unattended mode.
– When this option is set to Off, you can choose the recovery method when a ServeRAID controller
startup error occurs.
– When this option is set to On, the ServeRAID controller chooses the recovery method when a
startup error occurs.
Read Ahead shows the current state of the read-ahead cache mode.
BootCD shows the current state of the Bootable CD-ROM function. (Refer to "Setting the Bootable
CD-ROM feature" on page 77.)
CompMode shows the current BIOS compatibility mode. On indicates 8 gigabyte (GB) Extended; Off
indicated 2 gigabyte (GB) Limited.
Clustered shows the current state for clustering.
BBWC shows the cache size of the battery-backup write cache, if it is installed (8 = 8 MB or 32 = 32
MB) or No if there is a no battery-backup write cache installed.
Boot Blk shows the version number of the startable microcode (or firmware) loaded for the
ServeRAID controller.
Code Blk shows the current version number of the microcode (or firmware) loaded for the ServeRAID
controller.
Rebuild Rate shows the current speed setting for rebuilds: High, Medium, or Low.
Number of Defunct drives shows the current number of Defunct physical drives.
Number of Offline drives shows the current number of Offline logical drives.
Number of Critical drives shows the current number of Critical logical drives.
Config. Updates shows the number of times that the configuration has been changed since it has
been initialized. When you initialize the configuration, the Config. Update resets to zero.
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