Opening Serialselect; Applying Changes And Exiting; Modifying Your Controller's Configuration - Adaptec 5085 Installation And User Manual

Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility

Opening SerialSelect

To open SerialSelect, start the ARC utility (see
Follow the on-screen instructions to modify the settings of your controller and connected disk
drives as required.

Applying Changes and Exiting

To exit SerialSelect, press Esc until you are prompted to exit.
1
If you modified any settings, you are prompted to save the changes before you exit.
Select Yes to exit, then press any key to restart your computer.
2
Any changes you made take effect after the computer restarts.

Modifying Your Controller's Configuration

Note:
Default controller settings are suitable for most computers. We recommend that you do
not change the default setting.
To modify your controller's basic settings, select Controller Configuration from the main
SerialSelect menu.
To modify your controller's power management settings, select Advanced Configuration.
To modify your controller's PHY settings, select PHY Configuration.
Some options may not be available for your controller.
General Controller Settings
Note:
Default settings are shown in bold type.
Option Description
Drive's Write Cache When set to Enable All, write cache is enabled on all disk drives on the
controller. (Enabling the write cache overrides any individual drive
settings in Adaptec Storage Manager.) When set to Disable All, write
cache is not used on the disk drives. When set to Drive Specific, write
cache is enabled/disabled on a per-drive basis in Adaptec Storage
Manager.
Caution—When write cache is enabled, there is a slight possibility of
data loss or corruption during a power failure.
Runtime BIOS When enabled, the controller BIOS allows the controller to act as a
bootable device. Disabling the BIOS allows another controller to act as a
bootable device.
Automatic Failover When enabled, the controller automatically rebuilds an array when a
failed disk drive is replaced. When disabled, the array must be rebuilt
manually.
Array Background When enabled, the controller constantly verifies a redundant array. Note
Consistency Check that there may be a significant performance reduction. Default is
disabled.
Array-based BBS When enabled in systems that support BBS, the controller presents
Support attached bootable devices up to the BIOS for boot device selection. This
is relevant for logical arrays. Default is disabled.
SATA Native Command When enabled, NCQ is enabled. Disable this feature if you want to
Queuing (NCQ) attach more than 48 SATA II disk drives. Only available with SATA II disk
drives.
page 97), select SerialSelect, then press Enter.
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