Adaptec Command Line Utility - Arcconf Setncq; Arcconf Setperform; Arcconf Setpower

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LogicalDrive# is the number of the logical drive to be renamed
New Name is the new name of the logical drive
Example
ARCCONF SETNAME 1 LOGICALDRIVE 1 BACKUP_A
arcconf setncq
Changes the controller’s Native Command Queuing (NCQ) setting to enabled or disabled.
This setting affects the SATA disk drives on the controller. It takes effect when the SATA drives
are restarted.
Syntax
ARCCONF SETNCQ <Controller#> ENABLE|DISABLE
Parameters
Controller# is the controller number.
Example
ARCCONF SETNCQ 1 ENABLE
arcconf setperform
Changes controller settings based on the application type.
Syntax
ARCCONF SETPERFORM <Controller#> <Performance Mode> [nologs]
Parameters
Controller# is the controller number.
Performance Mode is 1 (DYNAMIC/Default), 2 (OLTP/Database), or 3 (Big Block Bypass):
● When set to Dynamic, performance criteria adjusts automatically based on controller
usage, RAID level, and disk drive type.
● When set to OLTP/Database, performance criteria is optimized for transaction-oriented
applications, such as data entry and retrieval.
● When set to Big Block Bypass, DRAM write cache is bypassed based on IO write size;
performance is optimized for serving Web pages and retrieving data.
Examples
ARCCONF SETPERFORM 1 2
ARCCONF SETPERFORM 1 3
arcconf setpower
Changes power management settings for disk drives on a controller or logical drive.
Syntax
ARCCONF SETPOWER <Controller#> Stayawake DISABLE|<starttime> <endtime>
ARCCONF SETPOWER <Controller#> Spinup <internal#> <external#>