PlatinumRAID Owner’s Manual
5.1.2 Background Task Priority
The Background Task Priority is a relative indication of how much time the controller devotes
to a background initialization or rebuild operations. The RAID subsystem allows user to
choose the rebuild priority (ultralow, low, normal, high) to balance volume set access and
rebuild tasks appropriately. The lower the priority, the greater the responsiveness of the RAID
to host activity, but at a cost of longer background task completion.
5.1.3 Terminal Port Configuration
The RAID subsystem communications port configuration defaults to 115200 Baud., 1 Stop bit
operation. The baud rate (1200-115200) and stop bits (1,2) are user selectable. Handshaking
and parity are fixed at none
5.1.4 JBOD/RAID Configuration
The PlatinumRAID controller can be used in JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Drives) mode, which
allows each drive to be presented seperately to the host. To use this mode, make sure to erase
any existing RAID sets.
5.1.5 Maximum SATA Mode
The PlatinumRAID uses 5 discrete SATA busses for its disk channels. These drive channels
can support up to SATA320 and support NCQ (Native Command Queuing,) A SATA function
controlling dynamic rearranging of data fetching commands for maximum performance.
Please do not change this setting unless instructed by MicroNet’s Technical Support.
5.1.6 HDD Read Ahead Cache
Enabled by default. Please do not change this setting unless instructed by MicroNet’s Technical
Support.
5.1.7 Staggered HDD Spinup control
The PlatinumRAID employs a staggered disk mechanism startup sequence to minimize power
supply strain. Please do not change this setting unless instructed by MicroNet’s Technical
Support.
5.1.8 HDD SMART Status Polling
The PlatinumRAID reads and reports the SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting
Technology) status of each disk drive mechanism. This option is enabled by default, and
should not be disabled unless instructed by MicroNet’s Technical Support.
5.1.9 Disk Capacity Truncation Mode
Disk Truncation is used to decrease disk usable space for compatibility purposes. Please do
not change this setting unless instructed by MicroNet’s Technical Support.
5.2 Ultra320 target Configuration functions
This menu contains The host channel SCSI options of the PlatinumRAID. The following
subsections discuss each attribute’s descriptions. When all desired options are entered, check
the box labelled “Confirm the operation” and click the “Submit” Button.
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