Owner's manual

The storage system information is listed below:
• Box Type—Displays the type of drive enclosure, or box. The following types are possible:
External Storage System—Outside the machine.◦
◦ Internal Storage System—Inside the machine.
◦ Unknown—The Storage Agents do not recognize the drive enclosure. You may need to
upgrade your software.
• Vendor—Displays the name of the vendor that produces this drive enclosure, or box type. Use
this information for identification purposes.
• Firmware Revision—Displays the firmware revision of the drive enclosure or box. Use this
information for identification purposes.
• Serial Number—Displays the serial number of the drive enclosure or box. Use this information
for identification purposes.
• Fan Status—Displays the status of the fan subsystem in the drive enclosure, or box. The following
values are possible:
◦ OK—The fan subsystem is working properly.
◦ Failed—A fan has failed and there are not enough fans in the fan subsystem to keep the
enclosure cool. Check your fan subsystem as soon as possible. Continued operation may
cause failure of the drives.
◦ Degraded—A fan has failed but there are still enough fans in the fan subsystem to keep
the enclosure cool.
◦ Unknown—The Storage Agents do not recognize the status of the fan subsystem. You
may need to upgrade your software.
◦ No Fan—This storage system does not have a fan.
• Backplane Speed—Displays the speed of the storage system backplane. The following values
are possible:
◦ Ultra3—The storage system is capable of Ultra3 speeds.
◦ Ultra320—The storage system is capable of Ultra320 speeds.
◦ Unknown—The Storage Agents are unable to determine the storage system backplane
speed. You may need to upgrade your software.
• Connection Type—Displays the type of connection between the server and the box. The
following values are possible:
◦ Fibre Attached—This chassis is attached to the server through Fibre Channel.
◦ SCSI Attached—This chassis is attached to the server with a SCSI cable.
◦ SAS Attached—This chassis is attached to the server with a SAS cable.
◦ Unknown—The Storage Agents are unable to determine the type of connection.
• Drive Bays—Displays the number of drive bays provided by this storage system. If duplexing
hardware is used with the storage system, the drive bay number is less than the number of
physical drive bays in the enclosure.
• Model—Displays the model of the storage system. Use this information for identification
purposes.
• Board Revision—Displays the board revision level of this storage system backplane.
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