Operating System Software Instruction Manual

22 Managing Physical Disks
The Systems Manager allows you perform various tasks related to physical disks. Refer to the
following sections for more information:
“Locating Physical Disks” (page 338)
“Viewing Physical Disks” (page 338)
“Viewing the Physical Disks Summary Tab” (page 339)
“Viewing the Physical Disks Tab” (page 340)
“Displaying Summary Information” (page 340)
“Displaying Capacity Information” (page 342)
“Displaying Chunklet Usage Information” (page 343)
“Displaying Inventory Information” (page 345)
“Displaying Environmental Information” (page 346)
“Displaying State Information” (page 346)
“Displaying Paths Information” (page 347)
“Viewing the Physical Disks Spares Tab” (page 348)
“Viewing the Physical Disks Alerts Tab” (page 349)
Locating Physical Disks
To locate a magazine from the Physical Disks tab:
1. Select Physical Disks in the Management Tree under the system using the disk you want to
locate.
2. Under the Physical Disks tab in the Management Window, right-click the ID of a cage, then
select Locate.
The Locate Magazine dialog box appears.
3. In the Duration field, enter a value of 1 to 255 seconds.
4. In the Target Component list, select the magazine you want to locate.
5. Click OK.
A detailed message is displayed in the status bar and is updated when the locate operation has
completed. The detail pane automatically displays the Magazine tab for the Drive Cages screen,
and a locate icon is displayed next to the selected position in the selected magazine for the duration
specified.
You can stop a Locate operation by selecting Stop Locate instead of Locate in Step 2.
Viewing Physical Disks
The Physical Disks screen displays summary information about system physical disks.
To access the Drive Cages screen:
1. Select Systems in the Manager Pane.
2. In the Management Tree, select Physical Disks under the system whose physical disk information
you want to view.
The Physical Disks screen provides four tabs: Summary, Physical Disks, Spares, and Alerts. For
information about each, see:
“Viewing the Physical Disks Summary Tab” (page 339)
“Viewing the Physical Disks Tab” (page 340)
“Viewing the Physical Disks Spares Tab” (page 348)
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