Intergraph InterRAID-8e Hardware User's Manual page 65

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Ensure the following important default settings of the Objects menu:
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Under Objects/Adapter/Chip Set Type, ensure "Others" is selected.
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Under Objects/Adapter/Alarm Control, ensure "Disable" is selected.
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Under Objects/Adapter/Spinup Timings/Spinup Parameters, ensure "two drives every
six seconds" is selected.
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Under Objects/SCSI Channel/Ultra SCSI, ensure "Enable" is selected for channels
connected to InterRAID-8e cabinets only.
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After a logical drive is configured, Under Objects/Logical Drive/Drive #/View-Update
Parameters/FlexRAID Virtual Sizing, ensure "Disable" is selected.
Adapter
If your system has more than one MegaRAID controller, choose the Adapter option from the
Objects menu to select a MegaRAID controller and to modify the parameters. The following
displays:
-------------- Adapter x ----------------
Clear Configuration
FlexRAID PowerFail = DISABLED
Disk Spin-up Timings
Chip Set Type
Cache Flush Timings
Rebuild Rate
Alarm Control
Auto Rebuild = ENABLED
The following table describes the Adapter menu options.
Option
Description
Clear
Choose this option to erase the current configuration from the controller
Configuration
non-volatile memory.
FlexRAID
Choose this option if you have battery backup installed. Default is
PowerFail
disabled.
Disk Spin-up
Choose this option to set the method and timing for spinning up the hard
Timings
disk drives in the system. Default is 2 every 6 seconds.
Chip Set Type
Choose this option to program the MegaRAID controller for a specific
motherboard chip set type, such as Intel Neptune, Intel Saturn, or other
chip set. Default is other.
Cache Flush
Choose this option to set the cache flush interval to once every 2, 4, 6, 8,
Timings
or 10 seconds. Default is 2.
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