ASUS PIKE II 3108-8i/16PD Guía Del Usuario

ASUS PIKE II 3108 Series

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The Utility shows information for one LSI SAS controller at a time. If your system 

has multiple LSI SAS controllers, you can view information for a different controller 

by pressing the <F12> key and selecting a controller from the list. Navigate to the 

Properties menu to view the properties of the active controller.
To change the controller properties:

1.   Navigate to the Ctrl Mgmt menu to view the first Controller Settings screen.
2.   You may change the values of the properties for the editable fields. To 

change additional properties, such as link speed, and power settings, press 

to go to the second Controller Settings screen.

3.   Press Apply. The following table describes all entries and options listed 

on both the Controller Settings screen. Leave these options at their default 

settings to achieve the best performance, unless you have a specific reason 

for changing them.

Alarm Control

Select this option to enable, disable, or silence the onboard alarm tone 

generator on the controller.

Coercion Mode

Use this option to force drives of varying capacities to the same size 

so they can be used in a drive group. The coercion mode options are 

None, 128MB-way, and 1GB-way. The number you choose depends 

on how much the drives from various vendors vary in their actual size.

BIOS Mode

Specifies the following options to set the BIOS boot mode:

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 Stop on Error: shows the errors encountered during boot up and 

waits for your input. The firmware does not proceed with the boot 

process till you take some action.

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 Ignore Error: Ignores errors and the firmware proceeds with boot.

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 the firmware may halt due to hardware faults. If the 

firmware encounters no hardware faults, then the boot up continues.

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 SafeMode Error: Boots the controller to run on safe mode.

Boot Device

Use this option to select the boot device from the list of virtual drives 

and JBODs.

Rebuild Rate

Use this option to select the rebuild rate for drives connected to the 

selected controller. The rebuild rate is the percentage of system 

resources dedicated to rebuilding a failed drive. The higher the 

number, the more system resources that are devoted to a rebuild. The 

range of rebuild rate is between 0 and 100 percent.