MSA 2040 SMU Reference Guide

102 Viewing system status
• STOP: The vdisk is stopped.
• UNKN: Unknown.
• UP: Up. The vdisk is online and does not have fault-tolerant attributes.
• Disk Type.
• SAS: Enterprise SAS.
•SAS MDL: Midline SAS.
• sSAS: SAS SSD.
• Preferred Owner. Controller that owns the vdisk and its volumes during normal operation.
• Current Owner. Either the preferred owner during normal operation or the partner controller when the preferred
owner is offline.
• Disks. Quantity of disks in the vdisk.
• Spares. Quantity of dedicated spares in the vdisk.
Viewing information about a vdisk
In the Configuration View panel, right-click a vdisk and select View > Overview. The Vdisks Overview table shows:
• Health.
OK
Degraded
Fault
Unknown
• Component. Vdisk, disks, volumes.
• Count.
• Capacity.
• Storage Space. For descriptions of storage-space color codes, see "About storage-space color codes" (page 29).
Select a component to see more information about it. When the Vdisk component is selected, you can view
properties or historical performance statistics.
NOTE: Failure of a disk in the vdisk causes the Vdisk and Disks components to have Degraded health. Because
tables displayed when the Disks component is selected exclude failed disks, those tables will show fewer disks than
the Disk component’s Count value.
Vdisk properties
When you select Vdisk in the Vdisk Overview table and click the Properties tab, the Properties for Vdisk table shows:
• Health.
OK
Degraded
Fault
Unknown
• Health Reason. If Health is not OK, this field shows the reason for the health state.
• Health Recommendation. If Health is not OK, this field shows recommended actions to take to resolve the health
issue.
• Name. Vdisk name.
• Size. Total storage space in the vdisk.
• Free. Available space in the vdisk.
• Current Owner. Either the preferred owner during normal operation or the partner controller when the preferred
owner is offline.
• Preferred Owner. Controller that owns the vdisk and its volumes during normal operation.