Opening The Controller Settings Tool; Applying Changes And Exiting; Modifying Your Controller's Configuration; General Controller Settings - Adaptec CDP-00277-01-A Installation And User Manual

Opening the Controller Settings Tool

To open the ARC Controller Settings tool, start the ARC utility (see
select Controller Settings from the ARC main menu, then press
Follow the on-screen instructions to modify the settings of your controller and connected disk drives,
as needed.

Applying Changes and Exiting

1. To exit the Controller Settings tool, press
If you modified any settings, you are prompted to save the changes before you exit.
2. Select to exit, then press any key to restart your computer.
Yes
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 Controller
Settings menu.
To modify your controller's power management settings, select Advanced Configuration.
Some options may not be available for your controller.

General Controller Settings

Note: Default settings are shown in bold type.
Option
Drive's Write Cache
Runtime BIOS
Automatic Failover
Array Background
Consistency Check
Array-based BBS Support
SATA Native Command
Queuing (NCQ)
Physical Drives Display
During POST
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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 maxView 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 maxView
Storage Manager.
Caution: When write cache is enabled, there is a slight possibility
of data loss or corruption during a power failure.
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.
When enabled, the controller automatically rebuilds an array when a failed disk
drive is replaced. When disabled, the array must be rebuilt manually.
When enabled, the controller constantly verifies a redundant array. Note that there
may be a significant performance reduction. Default is disabled.
When enabled in systems that support BBS, the controller presents attached bootable
devices up to the BIOS for boot device selection. This is relevant for logical arrays.
Default is disabled.
When enabled, NCQ is enabled. Disable this feature if you want to attach more than
48 SATA II disk drives. Only available with SATA II disk drives.
When enabled, connected disk drives are displayed during system Power On Self
Test (POST). Displaying the disk drives adds a few seconds to the overall POST time.
Default is disabled.
When enabled, the system can be booted from a bootable DVD/CD. (This setting is
not available on all RAID controller models.)
Running the ARC Utility
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