MSI X2-109 v1 - Manual (Page 111)

Monitoring Disk Drives 8-3
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Most of the information on this screen is self-explanatory. Note the
following:
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The Rebuild Rate, Consistency Check Rate, and BGI Rate
(background initialization) are all user selectable. For more
information, see
Section 7.3, “Changing Adjustable Task Rates,”
page 7-14 .
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The BBU Present field indicates whether a battery backup unit is
installed.
The Alarm Present and Alarm Enabled fields indicate whether the
controller has an alarm to alert the user with an audible tone when there
is an error or problem on the controller. There are options on the
controller Properties tab for silencing or disabling the alarm.
8.3 Monitoring Disk Drives
When MegaRAID Storage Manager software is running, you can see the
status of all physical disk drives in the left panel of the MegaRAID
Storage Manager window. If the disk drive is operating normally, its icon
looks like this: . If the disk drive has failed, a small red circle appears
to the right of the icon, like this: . (See Section 6.2.1,
“Physical/Logical View Panel” for a complete list of device icons.)
To display complete disk drive information, click a disk drive icon in the
left panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window, and click the
Properties tab in the right panel.
Figure 8.2 shows the Properties panel for a physical drive.