Viewing Drive Properties Select a drive from an array in the Controller dashboard to view its properties. The following figure and table describe the drive properties. Table 10. Drive Properties Property Description Status The current status of the drive. Exposed As To differentiate the drives, the drives are exposed as one of the following drive: JBOD PHYSICAL-DEVICE 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 World Wide Name (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: On- when a drive is spun up. Native Command Queueing Indicates if the Native Command Queueing function is enabled. Native Command Queueing 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.
Viewing Drive Properties
Select a drive from an array in the Controller dashboard to view its properties. The following figure and table describe the drive properties.
Table 10. Drive Properties
Property
Description
Status
The current status of the drive.
Exposed As
To differentiate the drives, the drives are exposed as one of the following drive:
JBOD
PHYSICAL-DEVICE
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
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:
On- when a drive is spun up.
Native Command Queueing
Indicates if the Native Command Queueing function is enabled. Native Command Queueing 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.