Viewing Drive Properties

Select a drive from an array in the Controller dashboard to view its properties.

Table 1. Drive Properties
PropertyDescription
StatusThe current status of the drive.
Exposed AsTo differentiate the drives, the drives are exposed as one of the following:
  • JBOD
  • PHYSICAL-DEVICE
Product IDThe product ID of the drive.
Vendor IDThe ID assigned to the drive by the vendor.
Serial NumberThe serial number of the drive.
Shield CounterThe shield counter value.
Device IDThe device ID of the drive that is assigned by the manufacturer.
Usable CapacityThe usable storage capacity, based on the RAID level used.
Raw CapacityThe actual full capacity of the drive before any coercion mode is applied to reduce the capacity.
General Properties
SAS Address 0The World Wide Name (WWN) for the drive.
SAS Address 1The WWN for the drive.
Negotiated Link SpeedThe negotiated link speed for data transfer to and from the drive.
Drive SpeedThe speed of the drive.
TemperatureThe temperature of the drive.
Revision LevelThe revision level of the drive’s firmware.
Power StatusThe power status displays the following status:
  • On – when a drive is spun up.

Native Command QueueingIndicates 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 SizeThe size of the sector of the drive. The possible options are 4 KB or 512 KB.
Enclosure Properties
Enclosure IDThe ID of the enclosure in which the drive is located.
Enclosure LocationThe port number of the enclosure to which the drive is connected.