Viewing the Controller Status

Viewing the Controller Status

When you select View Controller Status from the Main Menu, the following information appears on the screen:

•  Unattended shows the current On/Off state of the Unattended mode.
  •  When set to Off, you can choose the recovery method when there is a ServeRAID adapter or controller startup error.
  •  When set to On, the ServeRAID adapter or controller chooses the recovery method when a startup error occurs.

•  Read Ahead shows the current On/Off state of the Read Ahead Cache mode.
•  BootCD shows the current On/Off state of the Bootable CD-ROM function.
   (Refer to 'Setting the Bootable CD-ROM Feature'.)
•  CompMode shows the current BIOS compatibility mode. On indicates 8 GB Extended; Off indicates 2 GB Limited.
•  Clustered shows the current On/Off state for clustering.
•  NVRBB shows the current state of the battery-backup cache option.  The default value is Enabled.
•  Boot Blk shows the version number of the bootable microcode loaded for the ServeRAID adapter or controller.
•  Code Blk shows the current version number of the firmware loaded for the ServeRAID adapter or controller.
•  Rebuild Rate shows the current speed setting for rebuilds: High, Medium, or Low.
•  Number of Defunct Drives shows the current number of Defunct physical drives.
•  Number of Offline Drives shows the current number of Offline logical drives.
•  Number of Critical Drives shows the current number of Critical logical drives.
•  Config. Updates shows the number of times that the configuration has been changed  since it has been initialized.
   When you initialize the configuration, the Config. Update resets to zero.
•  Flash Pgms shows the current number of times that the Flash EEPROM has been written.
•  Locked, Bad Stripe, or Blocked Drive identifies the logical drives that are affected.
  •  Bad Stripe Drives indicates the area of a logical drive that is inaccessible.
  •  Locked Stripe Drives is a reserved field.
  •  Blocked Drives indicates the logical drives that are blocked.
     You must unblock a blocked drive before you can use it.
     See 'Logical Drive State Descriptions' for more information.

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