Viewing And Configuring Properties Of A Logical Drive - HP MR Gen10 Plus User Manual

Viewing and configuring properties of a logical drive

Viewing and configuring properties of a logical drive
Procedure Procedure
1. From the System Utilities screen, select System Configuration > HPE MRXXX Gen10+ > Main Menu > Logical Drive Management.
2. In the Logical Drive Management screen, select the logical drive.
3. View the basic properties of the logical drive:
Name - View or modify the name of the logical drive.
Raid Level - RAID level of the logical drive.
Status - Current status of the logical drive.
Size - Size of the logical drive in MB/GB/TB
4. To view the drives associated with the logical drive, click View Associated Drives. See Viewing drive properties.
5. To view the advanced logical drive properties, click Advanced....
Property or Property or Description Description
policy policy
Logical Logical sector size of the logical drive. Possible options are 4 KB or 512 B.
sector size
Strip size Strip element size for the logical drive.
Protected Whether or not the logical drive uses protection.
Bad blocks Whether the logical drive has bad blocks.
SSD Caching Whether or not SSD Caching is enabled on this logical drive
Access Specifies the access policy for the logical drive. Possible settings are Read/Write, Read Only, or Blocked.
Write Cache Current write cache status for the logical drive. Possible settings are Enabled, Disabled, and Temporarily Disabled.
Status
Current Current write cache policy for the logical drive. Possible settings are Write Through, Write Back, and Always Write
Write Cache Back. Any change takes effect after the system reboots.
Policy
Default Write Specifies the default write cache policy for the logical drive. Possible settings are Write Through, Write Back, and
Cache Policy Always Write Back. Any change takes effect after the system reboots.
Disable Disables or enables background initialization. Selecting No enables background initialization and allows a new
Background configuration to be initialized in the background while you use the app to perform other configuration tasks. This is
Intialization the default option. Select Yes if you do not want to allow background initializations for configurations on this
(BGI) controller.
Read Cache Specifies the read cache policy for the logical drive. Possible settings are No Read Ahead and Read Ahead.
Policy
Drive Cache Specifies the drive cache policy for the logical drive. Possible settings are Unchanged, Enable, and Disable.
Input/Output Specifies the I/O policy for the logical drive. Possible settings are Direct and Cached.
Emulation Specifies the emulation type policy for the logical drive. Possible settings are default, Disable, and Force.
Type
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