Dell PowerEdge - Managing Physical Disk Write Cache for SATA Drives

Figure 6. Physical Disk Properties Screen
Managing the physical disk write cache policy for SATA drives
Perform the following procedure to enable the physical disk write cache policy:
1 Enter the Dell PERC S140 Conguration Utility. See Entering the DELL PERC S140 Conguration Utility.
2 Click Physical Disk Management → Select Physical Disk Operations.
3 Click the link Manage Physical Disk Properties.
The Manage Physical Disk Properties screen is displayed.
4 Select one or multiple physical disk to apply the write cache policy.
5 Choose from the following physical disk write cache policies:
Physical disk
write cache
policies
Description
Default The physical disk write cache feature is enabled for:
• SSDs
• 3 Gbps HDDs
The physical disk write cache feature is disabled for 6 Gbps HDDs.
Enable The feature is enabled on the disk selected.
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