Owner's manual

Physical Drive status
• The following conditions are valid:
• On Line—The drive attached to this channel is a fully-functional member of this RAID set.
• Off Line—The drive attached to this channel is not a member of the RAID set.
• Hot Spare—The drive attached to this channel is kept spinning whenever the controller is
powered up. It is to be automatically brought online to replace a failed drive.
• Warm Spare—The drive attached to this channel is not spun up until a disk in the array fails.
It is to be automatically brought online to replace a failed drive.
• Creating—The drive is currently being created as part of a RAID set.
• Rebuilding—The drive is currently being rebuilt.
• Formatting—The drive is currently being formatted.
• Action—Provides a brief description of an action you can take depending on the physical
drive condition
Drive information
• Capacity—Displays the total capacity of the selected drive in megabytes
• Firmware Version—Displays the firmware revision of the selected drive
• Drive Owner—Lists a descriptive name for the drive owner
• Model—Displays the model number of the selected drive
• Vendor—Displays the vendor of the selected drive
RAID Arrays
RAID Arrays—Lists the RAID arrays by channel number and SCSI ID
Mass Storage controller
This section displays Array Controller information.
Clustered RAID controller
• Controller Status—Displays the current controller status. The following conditions are valid:
OK—All controller functions are operating normally.◦
◦ Degraded—The controller is operating in a degraded or reduced state.
◦ Failed—The controller is inoperable.
• Current Role—Displays if the controller is in simplex or duplex role.
• Firmware Version—Displays the current software revision.
• Serial Number—Displays the controller serial number.
• Drive Ownership—Lists a descriptive name for the drive owner.
• Rebuild Rate—Displays the rebuild rate. The rebuild rate ranges from 1 to 100. The controller
rebuilds while at the same time it handles I/O activity. A rate below 50 emphasizes I/O
response over the RAID rebuild. A rate above 50 puts a higher priority on the RAID rebuild
at the expense of I/O activity.
• Create Rate—Displays the create rate. The create rate ranges from 1 to 100. The controller
creates RAID sets while, at the same time, handles I/O activity. A rate below 50 emphasizes
I/O response over the RAID set creation. A rate above 50 puts a higher priority on the RAID
set creation at the expense of I/O activity.
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