Viewing Drive Properties
Select a drive from an array in the Controller dashboard to view its properties.
Property | Description |
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Status | The current status of the drive. |
Exposed As | To differentiate the drives, the drives are exposed as one of the following:
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Product ID | The product ID of the drive. |
Vendor ID | The ID assigned to the drive by the vendor. |
Serial Number | The serial number of the drive. |
Shield Counter | The shield counter value. |
Device ID | The device ID of the drive that is assigned by the manufacturer. |
Usable Capacity | The usable storage capacity, based on the RAID level used. |
Raw Capacity | The actual full capacity of the drive before any coercion mode is applied to reduce the capacity. |
General Properties | |
SAS Address 0 | The World Wide Name (WWN) for the drive. |
SAS Address 1 | The WWN for the drive. |
Negotiated Link Speed | The negotiated link speed for data transfer to and from the drive. |
Drive Speed | The speed of the drive. |
Temperature | The temperature of the drive. |
Revision Level | The revision level of the drive’s firmware. |
Power Status | The power status displays the following status:
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Native Command Queueing | Indicates if the Native Command Queueing (NCQ) function is enabled. NCQ enables the drive to queue the I/O requests and reorder them for efficiency. |
Sector Size | The size of the sector of the drive. The possible options are 4 KB or 512 KB. |
Enclosure Properties | |
Enclosure ID | The ID of the enclosure in which the drive is located. |
Enclosure Location | The port number of the enclosure to which the drive is connected. |