Dell 3 User Manual

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PERC 3 BIOS Configuration Utility

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If you select New Configuration, the existing configuration information on
the selected controller is destroyed when the new configuration is saved.

View/Add Configuration

View/Add Configuration allows you to control the same logical drive
parameters as New Configuration without disturbing the existing
configuration information. You can also choose to enable the Configuration
on Disk feature.

PERC 3/QC and PERC 3/DC Default Settings

Table 11-8 displays the default settings for PERC 3/QC and PERC 3/DC.

NOTE: In cluster mode,

PERC 3/DC allows write-
through cache policy only.

PERC 3/SC and PERC 3/DCL Default Settings

Table 11-9 displays the default settings for PERC 3/SC and PERC 3/DCL.

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Stripe size

64 KB

Write policy

Write-back

Read-ahead policy

Adaptive

Cache policy

Direct I/O

FlexRAID virtual sizing

OFF

FlexRAID PowerFail

ON (OFF for cluster enabled)

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