Managing Power-Save Settings
Dimmer Switch Technology
Powering drives and cooling drives represent a major cost for data centers. The MegaRAID Dimmer Switch (power save) feature set reduces the power consumption of the devices that are connected to a MegaRAID controller. Reducing the power consumption helps to share resources more efficiently and lowers the cost.
- Dimmer Switch 1 – Spin down unconfigured disks. This feature is configurable and can be disabled.
- Dimmer Switch 2 – Spin down hot spares. This feature is configurable and can be disabled.
Perform the following steps to manage the power-save settings.