Adaptec CDP-00277-01-A - Opening the Controller Settings Tool; Applying Changes and Exiting; Modifying Your Controllers Configuration; General Controller Settings

Opening the Controller Settings Tool
To open the ARC Controller Settings tool, start the ARC utility (see Running the ARC Utility on page 71),
select Controller Settings from the ARC main menu, then press Enter.
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 Esc until you are prompted to exit.
If you modied any settings, you are prompted to save the changes before you exit.
2. Select Yes to exit, then press any key to restart your computer.
Any changes you made take effect after the computer restarts.
Modifying Your Controller’s Conguration
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 Conguration from the main Controller
Settings menu.
To modify your controller's power management settings, select Advanced Conguration.
Some options may not be available for your controller.
General Controller Settings
Note: Default settings are shown in bold type.
DescriptionOption
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
Drive's Write Cache
Manager.) When set to Disable All, write cache is not used on the disk drives. When
set to Drive Specic, 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.
Runtime BIOS
When enabled, the controller automatically rebuilds an array when a failed disk
drive is replaced. When disabled, the array must be rebuilt manually.
Automatic Failover
When enabled, the controller constantly veries a redundant array. Note that there
may be a signicant performance reduction. Default is disabled.
Array Background
Consistency Check
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.
Array-based BBS Support
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.
SATA Native Command
Queuing (NCQ)
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.
Physical Drives Display
During POST
When enabled, the system can be booted from a bootable DVD/CD. (This setting is
not available on all RAID controller models.)
DVD/CD-ROM Boot Support
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