Glossary

Property Definition
Associated Fluid Cache State
This property displays the associated Fluid Cache state of the virtual
disk. The possible values are
• Active — The Fluid Cache disk is active.
• Failed — The Fluid Cache has encountered a failure of one or
more components and is no longer functioning.
• No — The Fluid Cache is not enabled.
• Disabling — In this transient state, the cache removal from the
virtual disk is in process.
Device Name Displays the operating system device name for this object.
Bus Protocol Displays the technology that the physical disks included in the virtual
disk are using. Possible values are:
• SCSI
• SAS
• SATA
Media Displays the media type of the physical disks present in the virtual
disk. The possible values are:
• HDD
• SSD
• Unknown — Storage Management is unable to determine the
media type of the physical disk.
NOTE: You cannot have a mix of HDD and SSD media on a
virtual disk. Also, you cannot have a mix of SAS and SATA drives
on the virtual disk.
Read Policy Displays the read policy that the controller is using for the selected
virtual disk. See RAID Controller Read, Write, Cache, and Disk Cache
Policy.
Write Policy Displays the write policy that the controller is using for the selected
virtual disk. See RAID Controller Read, Write, Cache, and Disk Cache
Policy.
Cache Policy Displays the cache policy that the controller is using for the selected
virtual disk. See RAID Controller Read, Write, Cache, and Disk Cache
Policy.
Stripe Size Displays the stripe size of the virtual disk.
Disk Cache Policy Displays whether the disk cache policy of the physical disks that is
part of the virtual disk is enabled or disabled. See RAID Controller
Read, Write, Cache, and Disk Cache Policy.
Virtual Disk Tasks
To execute a virtual disk drop-down menu task:
1. In the Server Administrator window, under the system tree, expand Storage to display the controller
objects.
2. Expand a Controller object.
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