
Changing Cache Mode of Logical Drive
You can change the cache mode of Logical Drive.
The range of change differs depending on the type of the RAID Controller.
RAID Controller Changed cache Range of change
Onboard RAID Controller (LSI
Embedded MegaRAID)
Hard Disk Drive All the Logical Drives in a single
Disk Array.
Option and Internal RAID Controller
(N8103-128/G128/134/135)
RAID Controller All the Logical Drives in a single
RAID Controller.
Option and Internal RAID Controller RAID Controller (You can change each of
Logical Drive.)
Only the Logical Drive selected
The setting of the cache mode of Logical Drive influences the performance of server. Please
change carefully.
Setting cache mode
The procedure of setting cache mode of Logical Drive is described below.
Changing cache mode is available only in the Advanced Mode.
RAID Viewer
Step 1 Start the RAID Viewer. Click the Logical Drive on the Tree View. Then click [Properties] on the [File] menu.
Step 2 Click the [Options] tab in the [Logical
Drive Properties] dialog box. Change the value of
[Cache Mode (Setting)] to [Auto Switch], [Write Back],
or [Write Through]. Click [OK] or [Apply].
raidcmd
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Stripe Size : 64KB
Cache Mode (Setting) : Write Back
Cache Mode (Current) : Write Back
Type : Logical Drive
Status : Online
>
RAID
Level : RAID 5
Capacity : 20GB
ID : 0
Disk Array Information : 1 (order 1/1)
> raidcmd optld -c=1 -l=1 -cm=writeback
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> raidcmd property -tg=ld -c=1 -l=1
RAID Controller #1 Logical Drive #1
Step 1 Execute "optld" command with -cm option
and the following parameters.
-c : Number of the RAID Controller for which Cache Mode
change
-l : Number of the Logical Drive for which Cache Mode
change
-cm :Select auto, writeback, or writethru to change the
Cache Mode.
Ex. Set the Cache Mode of the Logical Drive (RAID
Controller number:1, Logical Drive number: 1) to
Write Back
raidcmd optld -c=1 -l=1 -cm=writeback
Step 2 The property of the RAID Controller changes as follows when the setting has been changed successfully.
[Cache Mode (Setting)]: Cache Mode after change
Check the execution result by using "property" command.
-tg : Specify rc to browse the property of Logical Drive
-c : The number of the RAID Controller in which the Logical Drive
-l : The number of the Logical Drive
Ex. Browse the property of Logical Drive (RAID Controller Number: 1, Logical Drive: 1)
raidcmd property -tg=ld -c=1 -l=1
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