User's Manual

Storage Properties and Current Activity
The Configuration/Information subtab displays information regarding a storage component. These properties include details such as the number of connectors
(channels or ports) on a controller or the Enclosure Management Modules (EMM) firmware version.
The State and Progress properties indicate a component's current activity. For example, an offline physical disk displays the Offline status while the Progress
property displays how close to completion an operation (such as a rebuild) is.
The following sections describe the properties for each component:
l "Storage Information and Global Tasks"
l "Controller Properties and Tasks"
l "Battery Properties and Tasks"
l "Connector Properties and Tasks"
l "Enclosure and Backplane Properties and Tasks"
l "Physical Disk Properties and Tasks"
l "EMM Properties"
l "Fan Properties"
l "Power Supply Properties"
l "Temperature Probe Properties and Tasks"
l "Virtual Disk Properties and Tasks"
Alerts or Events
Storage activity generates alerts or events that are displayed in the Alert Log. Some alerts indicate normal activity and are displayed for informational
purposes only. Other alerts indicate abnormal activity which should be addressed immediately. For more information about alerts and their corrective actions,
see the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com/manuals.
Monitoring Disk Reliability on RAID Controllers
Storage Management supports Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) on physical disks that are SMART-enabled.
SMART performs predictive failure analysis on each disk and sends alerts if a disk failure is predicted. The RAID controllers check physical disks for failure
predictions and, if found, pass this information to Storage Management. Storage Management immediately displays an alert icon on the disk. Storage
Management also sends an alert to the Alert Log and the Microsoft®Windows®application log.
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Related Information:
l "Replacing a Physical Disk Receiving SMART Alerts"
Using Alarms to Detect Failures
Some storage components have alarms. When enabled, these alarms alert you when a component fails. See the following sections for more information:
l "Enable Alarm (Controller)"
l "Enable Alarm (Enclosure)"
Using Enclosure Temperature Probes
Physical disk enclosures have temperature probes that warn you when the enclosure has exceeded an acceptable temperature range. For more information
on using temperature probes, see the following:
replaced. Data loss may have occurred.
NOTE: When a controller's I/O is paused, you will not receive SMART alerts.
NOTE: The PERC 3/SC, 3/DC, 3/QC, 4/SC, 4/DC, 4e/DC, 4/Di, 4e/Si, 4e/Di, and CERC ATA100/4ch controllers will not report SMART alerts for unassigned
or hot spare disks.