Using The Usb Key Utility - HPE ProLiant User Manual

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On the Smart Storage Administrator screen from left panel of Available Device (s) select a RAID controller item under Smart Array

Controllers section, and then, under Actions, click Configure. Options include:

Modify Controller settings —Configures the supported controller settings. Depending on the controller, the options can include setting

the array accelerator cache ratio, transform and rebuild priorities, and surface scan delay.

Set Sanitize Lock —Changes your Sanitize Lock Settings. This option is only available on controllers that support Freeze or Anti-Freeze.

Advanced Controller Settings—Configures the supported advanced controller settings. The settings can help improve the controller

performance for Video-On-Demand applications. For example, changing the elevator sort parameters.

Modify spare activation mode —Switches the spare activation mode from the default behavior (activate on failure only) to predictive

spare activation and back.

Clear configuration—Resets the controller configuration to its default state. Existing arrays or logical drives are deleted, and data on the

logical drives is lost. Confirm that this option is the preferred action before proceeding.

Manage Power Settings —Modifies the controller power mode and enables or disables survival mode for supported controllers. A reboot

or cold boot may be required after changing power modes to optimize power savings and performance.

Set Bootable Logical Drive/Volume —Sets the primary and secondary boot logical drives and volumes. Local logical drives as well as

remote logical drives and volumes are listed for selection.

Check Online Firmware Activation Readiness—Check the current configuration to determine if an Online Firmware Activation is allowed.

Manage Device Identification LEDs—Turn the physical drive identification LEDs On or Off.

Caching settings—Configures the supported caching settings which can help increase performance by taking advantage of cache

memory. Caching also helps protect data integrity when used with a battery or capacitor.

Physical drive write cache settings —Enables or disables the write cache on physical drives attached to a controller. This feature can

improve performance but precautions must be taken to ensure data integrity.

Manage License Keys—Enables the user to add or remove license keys. Depending on the keys entered or removed, various features can

be enabled or disabled.

More information—Provides an in-depth display of available information for the currently selected device and all its child devices, when

applicable.

Diagnose

On the Smart Storage Administrator screen from left panel of Available Device (s), select Server under Server section, and then, under

Actions, click Diagnose. Options include.

Array Diagnostics Report—Runs reports on selected controllers to display available diagnostic tasks. Reports include SmartSSD Wear

Gauge information for supported solid state drives.

View Diagnostic Report—Generates and displays a diagnostic report for the selected devices. The report includes SmartSSD Wear

Gauge information for supported Solid State Drives, and usage and estimated lifetime information.

Save Diagnostic Report—Generates a diagnostic report for the selected devices for export without presenting a graphical display.

SmartSSD Wear Gauge Report—View or generate a report:

Save SmartSSD Wear Gauge Report—Generates a report for export, without presenting a graphical display.