Viewing Logical Drive Properties

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

Table 9. Logical Drive Properties

Property	Description
Status	The current status of the logical drive. The following options are available: Optimal Partially Degraded Degraded Offline
Read Policy	The read cache policy for the logical drive. The following options are available: Read Ahead No Read Ahead
Write Policy	The write policy for the logical drive. The following options are available: Write Through Write Back Always Write Back
IO Policy	The input/output policy for the logical drive. The following options are available: Direct IO Cached IO
Write Cache Policy	The Write Cache Policy for the logical drive. The following status are displayed: Enabled – When the current cache policy is either Write Back or Always Write Back. Temporarily Disabled – When the default cache policy is either Write Back or Always Write Back, and the current cache policy is Write Through. Disabled – When the status of the HPE Smart Storage Battery is not Optimal.
Access Policy	The access policy for the logical drive. The following options are available: Read Write Read Only Hidden – The Hidden policy is applicable for only hidden logical drives. No other access policies are applicable after you select Hidden as the access policy.
Drive Cache	The logical drive cache setting. The following options are available: Unchanged Enable Disable
Data Protection	Indicates whether the data protection feature is enabled for the logical drive.
SSD Caching	Indicates whether SSD caching is enabled.