Dell PERC 4/SI - Manual (Page 52)

2. State = Active/Stopped
3. Next Execution will Start at
The current state is shown at the second option that allows you to display the percentage of completion by pressing key if the Patrol Read state is
Active
. The first and the third options are read only.
Patrol Read Control
When you select this option, a window opens to display the following options:
1. Start
2. Stop
Behavior Details
The following are behavior details for Patrol Read:
1. Setting Patrol Read in Manual mode does not start Patrol Read. It only sets the mode so that you can select Start whenever you want to run Patrol
Read. Once the mode is MANUAL, it stays in that mode until you change it.
2. Setting the mode to AUTOMATIC starts Patrol Read; when the Patrol Read operation is complete, it will set itself to run within four hours of the last
iteration completion.
MegaPR Utility
MegaPR is a utility for managing and reporting the status of Patrol Read from the operating system. There are two versions of the utility: one for Windows
2000/2003, and one for Linux (RHEL 2.1, 3, and 4).
Available options are (help for individual options is available by typing cmd –[option] ?):
l – dispPR: Display Patrol Read status.
l – startPR: Start Patrol Read.
l – stopPR: Stop Patrol Read.
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NOTE: Start or Stop options are available in manual mode only.