If you select New Configuration, the existing configuration information on
the selected controller is destroyed when the new configuration is saved.
View/Add Configuration
View/Add Configuration allows you to control the same logical drive
parameters as New Configuration without disturbing the existing
configuration information. You can also choose to enable the Configuration
on Disk feature.
PERC 3/QC and PERC 3/DC Default Settings
Table 11-8 displays the default settings for PERC 3/QC and PERC 3/DC.
Ta b l e 1 1 - 8 . P E R C 3 / Q C a n d P E R C 3 / D C D e f a u l t
S e t t i n g s
Stripe size
Write policy
Read-ahead policy
Cache policy
FlexRAID virtual sizing
FlexRAID PowerFail
PERC 3/SC and PERC 3/DCL Default Settings
Table 11-9 displays the default settings for PERC 3/SC and PERC 3/DCL.
Ta b l e 1 1 - 9 . P E R C 3 / S C a n d P E R C 3 / D C L D e f a u l t
S e t t i n g s
Stripe size
Write policy
Read-ahead policy
Cache policy
FlexRAID virtual sizing
FlexRAID PowerFail
64 KB
Write-back
Adaptive
Direct I/O
OFF
ON (OFF for cluster enabled)
64 KB
Write-through
Adaptive
Direct I/O
OFF
ON
PERC 3 BI OS Confi gurat ion Uti lit y
NOTE: In cluster mode,
PERC 3/DC allows write-
through cache policy only.
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