User's Manual

Physical Disks or Physical Devices 199
Physical Disk or Physical Device Tasks
To execute a physical disk or physical device task:
1
Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.
2 Expand a controller object.
3 Expand a Connector object.
4 Expand the enclosure or Backplane object.
5 Select the Physical Disks or Physical Devices object.
6 Select the Information/Configuration subtab.
7 Select a task from the Available Tasks drop-down menu.
8 Click Execute .
Serial No. This property displays the disk's serial number.
Part Number This property displays the Piece Part Identification (PPID) of
the physical drive.
Negotiated Speed This property displays the speed of data transfer that the disk
negotiated while spinning up and upon initial communication
with the controller. This speed is dependent on the speed of
the disk, the capable speed of the controller, the current speed
of the controller on that connector, and the speed of the
EMM (Enclosure Management Module) on the enclosure.
Capable Speed This property displays the highest possible speed that the
device can transfer data.
Manufacture Day This property displays the day of the month during which the
physical disk was manufactured.
Manufacture
Week
This property displays the week of the year during which the
physical disk was manufactured.
Manufacture Year This property displays the year that the physical disk was
manufactured.
SAS Address This property displays the SAS address of the physical disk.
The SAS address is unique to each SAS disk.
Property Definition