User's Manual

l "Enclosures and Backplanes"
l "Enclosure and Backplane Properties and Tasks"
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Enclosure and Backplane Components
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For information on attached components, see the following topics:
l "Physical Disks"
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Enclosure and Backplane Properties and Tasks
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Use this window to view information about the enclosure or backplane and execute enclosure tasks.
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Enclosure and Backplane Properties
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The enclosure or backplane properties can vary depending on the model of the controller. Enclosure or backplane properties may include:
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Property
Definition
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These icons represent the severity or health of the storage component. See "Storage Component Severity" for more information.
NOTE: If the enclosure is connected to the controller in redundant path mode (see "Redundant Path Configuration" for more information),
the loss of connection to any one EMM may cause the enclosure status to be displayed as degraded.
Name
This property displays the name of the enclosure or backplane.
State
This property displays the current status of the enclosure or backplane. Possible values are:
Ready — The enclosure or backplane is functioning normally.
Degraded — The enclosure has encountered a failure and is operating in a degraded state. The Degraded state does not apply to
backplanes.
Failed — The enclosure or backplane has encountered a failure and is no longer functioning.
Connector
This property displays the number of the connector to which the enclosure or backplane is attached. This number matches the connector
number on the controller hardware.
Enclosure ID
This property displays the enclosure ID assigned to the enclosure by Storage Management. Storage Management numbers the
enclosures attached to the controller starting with zero.
Configuration
This property displays the mode in which the enclosure is operating. Possible values are:
Joined — Indicates that the enclosure is operating in joined-bus mode.
Split — Indicates that the enclosure is operating in split-bus mode.
Unified — Indicates that enclosure is operating in unified mode.
Clustered — Indicates that the enclosure is operating in cluster mode. Clustered mode is only available on cluster-enabled RAID
controllers.
For more information on joined, split, and cluster modes, see the enclosure hardware documentation. For information on how to cable the
enclosure to accommodate these different modes, see the enclosure hardware documentation.
Firmware
Version
This property displays the version of the enclosure firmware.
Service Tag
Thispropertydisplaystheenclosure'sservicetagnumber.ThisnumberisrequiredwhentalkingtoDell™support.Youcanusethis
number to identify a specific enclosure in your environment by matching this number with the number on the service tag affixed to the
enclosure. For example, if you have multiple enclosures and one of them experiences a failure, you can use the service tag number to
identify which enclosure has failed.
Asset Tag
This property displays the asset tag information for the enclosure. You can change this property using the "Set Asset Data" task.
Asset Name
This property displays the name assigned to the enclosure. You can change this property using the "Set Asset Data" task.
Backplane Part
Number
This property displays the part number of the enclosure's backplane.
SAS Address
This property displays the SAS address of the SAS backplane.