Chapter 8: Maintaining Physical Devices ● 93Saving Your Controller ConfigurationIf you require a record of your controller configurations, you can use Adaptec Storage Managerto create a text file with this information about all controllers on a selected system:● Controllers● Disk drives● Disk drives used in logical drives● Logical drivesTo save a system’s controller configurations:1 In the Enterprise View, click the local or remote system.2 In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Save printable configuration.3 In the Save window, browse to the directory you want, then enter a file name for the report.(The default directory is the directory in which the Adaptec Storage Manager is installed.The default file name is RaidCfg.log.)A text-file report is saved.Setting a Controller’s Default Task PriorityTo set the default priority for all tasks running on the controller to High, Medium, or Low,right-click the controller in the Enterprise View, then select Change default task priority.Note: This setting applies to new tasks. It does not affect currently running tasks.Enabling Native Command Queuing on a ControllerNative Command Queuing, or NCQ, lets SATA disk drives arrange commands into the mostefficient order for optimum performance.To enable or disable NCQ for the drives on a controller:1 In the Enterprise view, select a controller.2 In the menu bar, select Actions, select NCQ, then click Enable or Disable.Disabling Statistics Logging on a ControllerIf you enabled statistics logging when you first logged in (see page 30), Adaptec StorageManager gathers IO and usage statistics for all controllers on a system. If you prefer not togather statistics for a controller, you can disable statistics logging on that controller.To disable statistics logging on a controller:1 In the Enterprise view, select a controller.2 In the menu bar, select Actions, select Advanced Statistics, then click Disable.Re-Enabling Statistics LoggingTo re-enable statistics logging, repeat steps 1 and 2 in Disabling Statistics Logging on aController, selecting Enable in Step 2.
