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Hardware

You can configure general hardware settings, audio alerts, smart fan settings, and view all Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) settings.

Note:

SR-IOV settings only appears if the hardware supports it.

Configuring General Hardware Settings

  1. Go to Control Panel > System > Hardware > General.
  2. Select Enable configuration reset switch.
  3. Optional: Enable the system reserved account.
    Note:

    You can use the system reserved account "system-maintainer" to log in to the device for maintenance purposes.

    1. Press and hold the reset button on the device for 3 seconds.

      The system reserved account is enabled.

  4. Optional: Disable the system reserved account.
    Note:

    This option is only available if you enabled the system reserved account.

    1. Click Disable this account.

      A confirmation message appears.

    2. Click OK.

      The system reserved account is disabled.

  5. Click Apply.

Configuring Audio Alert Settings

  1. Go to Control Panel > System > Hardware > Audio Alert.
  2. Configure any of the following settings.

    Setting

    Description

    System operations

    Select to trigger an audio alert every time the device starts, shuts down, or upgrades firmware.

    System events

    Select to trigger an audio alert when errors or warnings occur.

    Disk operations

    Select to trigger an audio alert when degrade mode or RAID sync events occur.
  3. Click Apply.

Configuring Smart Fan Settings

  1. Go to Control Panel > System > Hardware > Smart Fan.
  2. Select fan rotation speed settings.

    Setting

    User Action

    Enable Smart Fan (recommended)

    Select from the two automatic fan speed adjustment options.

    1. The device monitors the temperatures of the system, disks, and CPU and automatically adjusts the fan speed.

    2. The device adjusts the fan speed according to user-specified temperatures.

    Note:

    Modes are only available for system fans.

    • Quiet mode: Fans run on low speed to decrease noise.

    • Normal mode: Fans run on normal speed. This is the default setting.

    • Performance mode: Fans run on high speed to lower the system temperature. This mode is suitable for high loading systems.

    Set fan rotation speed manually

    Move the slider to set the fan speed.
  3. Click Apply.

Viewing Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) Settings

Note:

SR-IOV settings only appears if the hardware supports it.

You can view all Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) devices mapped to your virtual machines on the Control Panel > Hardware > SR-IOV Devices page. The SR-IOV interface is a hardware specification that allows a single PCIe device, such as a network adapter, to appear as multiple physical devices to the hypervisor. Because each device is directly assigned to an instance, it can bypass the hypervisor and virtual switch layer to achieve low latency and performance matching nonvirtualized environments. SR-IOV achieves this through the following types of functions:

  • Physical Function (PF): These are PCIe devices that have SR-IOV capabilities. PFs are managed and configured in the same way as PCIe devices.

  • Virtual Function (VF): These are lightweight PCIe functions that only process I/O. Because each VF is derived from a PF, the device hardware limits the number of VFs a device can have. A VF shares one or more hardware resources of the device, such as a memory or network port.

    The following table lists all SR-IOV functions you can view in SR-IOV Devices:

No.

Settings

Description

1

Hardware Devices

Lists all the SR-IOV devices that are mapped to your virtual machine (VM).

2

Physical Function/Virtual Function

Displays the physical function (PF) or virtual function (VF) configured to the SR-IOV device.

3

Virtual Machine

Shows the virtual machines that are mapped to the PF or VF.

4

Resize

Click to enlarge or minimize the SR-IOV device panel window.

5

Show or Hide

Click to show or hide the list of SR-IOV device details.

For details on how to configure an SR-IOV device to a VM, see the Virtualization Station user guide.