Table 12-4. Logical Drive Menu Options; Table 12-5. Logical Drive Default Settings - Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 3 User Manual

Ta b l e 1 2 - 3 . A d a p t e r M e n u O p t i o n s (continued)
Option Description
View/Update Select this option to display the firmware version number and
Parameters the cache memory size. You can also change the rebuild rate
for the adapter through this option.
Adapter Type The model of adapter that is being used.
Logical Drive
Choose Objects—> Logical Drive to select a logical drive and to perform
the actions described in Table 12-4.
Ta b l e 1 2 - 4 . L o g i c a l D r i v e M e n u O p t i o n s
Option Description
Initialize Select this option to initialize the selected logical drive. This
should be done for every logical drive you configure.
Check Select this option to verify the correctness of the redundancy
Consistency data in the selected logical drive. This option is available only if
RAID level 1 or 5 is used. PERC 3 automatically corrects any
differences found in the data.
View/Update Select this option to display the properties of the selected logical
Parameters drive. You can modify the cache write policy, the cache read
policy, virtual sizing and the I/O policy from this menu.
Virtual Sizing: Set this option to Enabled before adding a
physical drive to a logical drive. After you have created a logical
drive set, the partition of the drive should be as large as the
virtual size of the logical drive.
Logical Drive Settings
Table 12-5 displays the default logical drive settings. You can change the
write policy, read policy, and cache policy after configuration is complete.
Ta b l e 1 2 - 5 . L o g i c a l D r i v e D e f a u l t S e t t i n g s
Parameter
Stripe Size
Write Policy
Setting
64 KB
Write-back
191
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