Users Guide

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Physical Disk Tasks
Do the following to execute a physical disk task:
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1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.
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:
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2106
2107
2108
2109
2110
2111
For information on Alert Messages, see the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com/manuals.
Progress
This property displays how close to completion an operation is that is being performed on the physical disk. For example, if the physical disk
is being rebuilt, then a value of 52% indicates that the rebuild is 52% complete.
This property is only displayed when an operation is being performed on the physical disk.
Encryption
Capable
This property displays whether the physical disk is a Self Encryption Disk (SED.) The possible values are Yes and No.
Secured
This property displays whether the physical disk is secured to the controller. The possible values are Yes and No. For a non-SED the value is
N/A.
Bus Protocol
This property displays the technology that the physical disk is using. Possible values are:
SCSI — Small Computer System Interface
SAS — Serial Attached SCSI
SATA — Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA)
Media
This property displays the media type of the physical disk. The possible values are:
HDD—Hard Disk Drive. A 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.
Unknown—Storage Management is unable to determine the media type of the physical disk.
Used RAID
Disk Space
This property displays how much of the physical disk space is being used by the virtual disks on the controller. This property is Not
Applicable for physical disks attached to non-RAID controllers.
In certain circumstances, the Used RAID Disk Space displays a value of zero (0) even though a portion of the physical disk is being used.
This occurs when the used space is 0.005 GB or less. The algorithm for calculating the used disk space rounds a figure of 0.005 GB or less to
0. Used disk space that is between 0.006 GB and 0.009 GB is rounded up to 0.01 GB.
Available RAID
Disk Space
This property displays the amount of available space on the disk. This property is Not Applicable for physical disks attached to non-RAID
controllers.
Hot Spare
This property indicates whether the disk has been assigned as a hot spare. This property is Not Applicable for physical disks attached to
non-RAID controllers.
Vendor ID
This property displays the disk's hardware vendor.
Product ID
This property displays the disk's product ID.
Revision
This property displays the disk's revision number.
Serial No.
This property displays the disk's serial number.
Part Number
This property displays the Piece Part Identification (PPID) of the physical drive.
Negotiated
Speed
This property displays the speed of data transfer that the disk negotiated while spinning up and upon initial communication with the
controller. This speed is dependent on the speed of the disk, the capable speed of the controller, the current speed of the controller on that
connector, and the speed of the EMM (Enclosure Management Module) on the enclosure.
Capable
Speed
This property displays the highest possible speed that the device can transfer data.
Manufacture
Day
This property displays the day of the month during which the physical disk was manufactured.
Manufacture
Week
This property displays the week of the year during which the physical disk was manufactured.
Manufacture
Year
This property displays the year that the physical disk was manufactured.
SAS Address
This property displays the SAS address of the physical disk. The SAS address is unique to each SAS disk.