Users Guide

Table 15. Physical Disk Properties (continued)
Property Definition
Name Displays the name of the physical disk. The name is comprised of the connector number
followed by the disk number.
State Displays the current state of the physical disk.
After Import State Displays the after-import state of the physical disk. The physical disk can be imported in any
of the following states:
● Online — The physical disk is part of the imported virtual disk and functions normally.
● Offline — The physical disk is offline after import to the virtual disk.
● Foreign — The virtual disk containing the physical disk cannot be imported and the
physical disk remains in foreign state.
● Rebuild — After import of virtual disk, the physical disk rebuilds.
● Replacing — A Replace Member Disk task is performed on the physical disk. For
more information on replacing a member disk, see Replacing A Member Disk and
Enabling Revertible Hot Spare.
Capacity Displays the capacity of the disk.
Failure Predicted Displays whether the physical disk has received a Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting
Technology (SMART) alert and is therefore predicted to fail. For more information on
SMART predictive failure analysis, see Monitoring Disk Reliability On RAID Controllers. For
information on replacing the physical disk, see Replacing A Physical Disk Receiving SMART
Alerts.
You may also want to review the alert log to see whether the physical disk has generated
alerts pertaining to a SMART predictive failure. These alerts can assist you in identifying the
cause of the SMART alert. The following alerts may be generated in response to a SMART
alert:
● 2094
● 2106
● 2107
● 2108
● 2109
● 2110
● 2111
For information on alert messages, see the Server Administrator Messages Reference
Guide.
Progress Displays the progress of an operation being performed on the physical disk.
Bus Protocol Displays the technology that the physical disk is using. Possible values are:
● SAS — Serial Attached SCSI
● SATA — Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
● PCIe -- Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
Device Protocol Displays the device protocol of the physical device, such as Non-Volatile Memory Express
(NVMe).
NOTE: This feature is not applicable to drives connected to PERC and software RAID
that have RAID capabilities. In this case, refer to "Bus Protocol" and "Media" from the
same drives.
Certified Indicates that the drive has firmware which has been tested and fully qualified by the
service provider. Drives that are not certified by the service provider may work but, are not
supported and recommended for use in servers.
Media Displays the media type of the physical disk. The possible values are:
● HDD — Hard Disk Drive. An HDD is a non-volatile storage device which stores digitally-
encoded data on rapidly rotating platters with magnetic surfaces.
● SSD — Solid-State Drive. An SSD is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory
to store persistent data.
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