Dell H310 User Manual

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Dell H310 User Manual Manual pdf 3 page image

Contents1 Overview.......................................................................................................................................9Supported Operating Systems................................................................................................................................10Getting Help............................................................................................................................................................ 10Contacting Dell................................................................................................................................................. 11Related Documentation....................................................................................................................................11Documentation Feedback................................................................................................................................ 112 Features...................................................................................................................................... 13Physical Disk Power Management.........................................................................................................................13Configured Spin Down Delay........................................................................................................................... 13Types Of Virtual Disk Initialization.......................................................................................................................... 14Background Initialization Of Virtual Disks........................................................................................................14Full Initialization Of Virtual Disks...................................................................................................................... 14Fast Initialization Of Virtual Disks.....................................................................................................................14Consistency Checks................................................................................................................................................14Disk Roaming.......................................................................................................................................................... 15Using Disk Roaming..........................................................................................................................................15FastPath.................................................................................................................................................................. 15Configuring FastPath-Capable Virtual Disks.................................................................................................... 15Virtual Disk Migration............................................................................................................................................. 16Migrating Virtual Disks.....................................................................................................................................16Virtual Disk Write Cache Policies...........................................................................................................................17Write-Back And Write-Through.......................................................................................................................17Conditions Under Which Write-Back Is Employed.......................................................................................... 17Conditions Under Which Forced Write-Back With No Battery Is Employed................................................... 17Virtual Disk Read Cache Policies............................................................................................................................18Reconfiguration Of Virtual Disks.............................................................................................................................18Fault Tolerance....................................................................................................................................................... 20The SMART Feature................................................................................................................................................20Automatic Replace Member With Predicted Failure....................................................................................... 20Patrol Read............................................................................................................................................................. 21Redundant Path Support (For PERC H810 Only)......................................................................................................21Physical Disk Failure Detection.............................................................................................................................. 22Using Persistent Hot Spare Slots............................................................................................................................22Physical Disk Hot Swapping................................................................................................................................... 22Using Replace Member And Revertible Hot Spares...............................................................................................22Controller Cache Preservation............................................................................................................................... 23Cache Preservation With Non-Volatile Cache (NVC)...................................................................................... 23