Node Type
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The
selected node type.
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OS Disks
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Use standalone boot drives check box
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By default, this option is checked for Cisco UCS servers with sufficient standalone boot drives.
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Use HDD drives on servers with insufficient standalone boot drives check box
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Allows you to enable an alternate policy for Cisco UCS servers with insufficient standalone boot drives.
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RAID Level [OS] drop-down list
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Choose the RAID level for the OS (operating system) disks.
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Disks Per Groups field
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Specifies the number of disks that can exist per group during RAID
configuration.
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Write Mode drop-down list
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Choose either
Write through to write data without the RAID
controller cache, or
Write back to write data with the cache.
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Read Mode drop down-list
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Choose the method to read data from the disks.
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Use
Cache check box
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Check the
Use Cache check box to use the RAID controller cache
to read and write operations.
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Use
Cache if Bad BBU check box
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Check the
Use Cache if Bad BBU check box to ensure that if the
Battery Backup Unit (BBU) is not available for any reason,
Write back will be disabled and
Write Through will be enabled.
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Strip Size (MB)
drop- down list
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Allows specification, in MB, of the strip size for each disk within a stripe.
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Data Disks for Hot
Data
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Use only NVMe disks [Hot] check box
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Check the Use only NVMe disks [Hot] check box to choose NVMe disks.
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RAID Level [Hot Data] drop-down list
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Choose the RAID level for the splunk data disks.
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Disks Per Groups field
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Specifies the number of disks that can exist per group during RAID
configuration.
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Write Mode drop-down list
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Choose either
Write through to write data without the RAID
controller cache, or
Write back to write data with the cache.
This field is not displayed when Use only NVMe disks [Hot] is checked.
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Read Mode drop down-list
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Choose the method to read data from the disks.
This field is not displayed when Use only NVMe disks [Hot] is checked.
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Use Cache check box
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Check the
Use Cache check box to use the RAID controller cache
to read and write operations.
This field is not displayed when Use only NVMe disks [Hot] is checked.
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Use Cache if Bad BBU check box
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Check the
Use Cache if Bad BBU check box to ensure that if the
Battery Backup Unit (BBU) is not available for any reason,
Write back will be disabled and
Write Through will be enabled.
This field is not displayed when Use only NVMe disks [Hot] is checked.
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Strip Size (MB)
drop- down
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Allows specification, in MB, of the strip size for each disk within a stripe.
This field is not displayed when Use only NVMe disks [Hot] is checked.
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Data Disks for Cold
Data
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Same Disk As Hot Data check box
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Check the check box to enable that the same disk is configured for Hot Data to also host Cold Data.
Note
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By default, all RAID configurations are available in Data Disks for Cold Data. Checking this check box hides all RAID configuration for cold data.
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Data Disks for Frozen
Data
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Same Disk As Cold Data check box
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Check the check box to enable that the same disk is configured for Cold Data to also host Frozen Data.
Note
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By default, all RAID configurations are available in Data Disks for Frozen Data. Checking this check box hides all RAID configuration for frozen data.
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