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Rebuildpriority, expandpriority, Surfacescandelay, Sspstate – HP StorageWorks 1500cs Modular Smart Array User Manual

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Read:write
ratio

RA4x00 with
16MB cache

RA4x00 with
48MB cache

All other controllers with
battery-backed cache

All other controllers
without battery-backed
cache

70:30

Y Y --

--

60:40

Y Y --

--

50:50

Y Y Y

--

40:60 --

Y

--

--

30:70 --

Y

--

--

25:75 --

Y

Y

--

0:50* Y

--

--

--

0:75* --

Y

--

--

0:100

-- -- Y

--

* The cache ratio percentages do not total 100 in these cases because the additional 16-MB or 48-MB cache
modules are not used. Only the battery-backed write cache is used.

RebuildPriority, ExpandPriority

This option has three possible values: Low, Medium, and High. The default value for an unconfigured
controller is Low.

SurfaceScanDelay

Enter a number between 1 and 30 to specify the duration of the surface scan delay in seconds.

SSPState

There are two settings for this option: Enable and Disable. If you do not specify a value for the SSP State,
the existing setting remains unchanged.

NOTE: The SSPState option is valid only for controllers that enable SSP on a controller basis, such as the

MSA1000 or the Smart Array Cluster Storage controllers. RA4x00 controllers support SSP that is enabled on
a logical drive basis, and use the LogicalDriveSSPState option ("

LogicalDriveSSPState

" on page

39

) instead.

If you enable SSP, you must also specify an adapter for one or more logical drives by using the
SSPAdaptersWithAccess option ("

SSPAdaptersWithAccess

" on page

39

). Otherwise, SSP is automatically

disabled.

PreferredPathMode

The setting that you select for this option determines how the preferred I/O path to a particular logical
drive is set for a redundant array controller that is in an active/active configuration.

Not all controllers support this feature, and controllers in an active/standby configuration disregard this
option.

Auto is the default setting for new configurations. In this case, the storage system automatically
selects the I/O path from the redundant controller to the logical drive and dynamically load
balances all paths.

Manual enables you to assign the logical drive to a specific redundant controller. If you select this
setting, use the

PreferredPath

(on page

39

) command to specify the path.

If you are reconfiguring a controller and do not specify a setting for this option, the existing setting
remains unchanged.

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