Users Guide

Viewing storage details for the view option
The storage options on the Host Storage page depend on what you select from the View drop-down list.
Select either of the mentioned options from the View drop-down list and view the following:
Table 18. Storage details for a single host
Information Description
Virtual drives
• Name—displays the name of the virtual drive
• Device FQDD—displays the FQDD
• Physical Disk—displays on which physical disk the virtual drive is located
• Capacity—displays the capacity of the virtual drive
• Layout—displays the layout type of the virtual storage, which means the type of
RAID that was configured for this virtual drive
• Media Type—displays either SSD or HDD
• Controller ID—displays the controller ID
• Device ID—displays the device ID
• Stripe Size—displays the stripe size, which is the amount of space that each
stripe consumes on a single disk
• Bus Protocol—displays the technology that the physical disks in the virtual drive
are using. The possible values are:
○ SCSI
○ SAS
○ SATA
• Default Read Policy—displays the default read policy that is supported by the
controller. The options include:
○ Read-Ahead
○ No-Read-Ahead
○ Adaptive Read-Ahead
○ Read Cache Enabled
○ Read Cache Disabled
• Default Write Policy—displays the default write policy that is supported by the
controller. The options include:
○ Write-Back
○ Force Write Back
○ Write Back Enabled
○ Write-Through
○ Write Cache Enabled Protected
○ Write Cache Disabled
• Cache Policy—displays if cache policy is enabled
Physical Disks—When you select this option,
the Filter drop-down list is displayed.
You can filter physical disks based on the
following options:
• All Physical Disks
• Global Hot Spares
• Dedicated Hot Spares
• The last option displays custom named
virtual drives
• Name—displays the name of the physical disk
• Device FQDD—displays the device FQDD
• Capacity—displays the physical disk capacity
• Disk Status—displays physical disk status. The options include:
○ ONLINE
○ READY
○ DEGRADED
○ FAILED
○ OFFLINE
○ REBUILDING
○ INCOMPATIBLE
○ REMOVED
○ CLEARED
○ SMART ALERT DETECTED
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