Software Support
Property Definition
Negotiated Speed 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
Enclosure Management Module (EMM ) on the enclosure.
Capable Speed Displays the highest possible speed that the device can transfer data.
Manufacture Day Displays the day of the month when the physical disk was manufactured.
Manufacture Week Displays the week of the year when the physical disk was manufactured.
Manufacture Year Displays the year when the physical disk was manufactured.
SAS Address Displays the SAS address of the physical disk. The SAS address is unique to
each SAS disk.
Physical Disk Or Physical Device Tasks
To execute a physical disk or physical device task:
1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.
2. In the Server Administrator window, under the system tree, expand Storage to display the controller objects.
3. Expand a connector object.
4. Expand the enclosure or backplane object.
5. Select Physical Disks or Physical Devices object.
6. Click Information/Configuration on the controller Properties page.
7. Select a task from the drop-down menu.
8. Click Execute.
NOTE: Different controllers support different features. For this reason, the tasks displayed on the tasks drop-
down menu can vary depending on which controller is selected in the tree view. No Task Available is the only
option in the drop-down list box when no tasks can be performed because of controller or system
configuration limitations.
Physical Disk Tasks
The following are the list of tasks that you can perform on a physical disk:
• Blinking And Unblinking A Physical Disk
• Removing Dead Segments
• Assigning And Unassigning Global Hot Spare
• Preparing To Remove
• Setting Online And Offline
• Rebuilding Data
• Cancelling A Rebuild
• Performing A Clear Physical Disk And Cancel Clear
• Enabling Revertible Hot Spare
• Enabling Instant Encrypt Erase
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