Users Guide

Property Definition

After Import State Displays the after-import state of the physical disk. The physical disk can be

imported in any of the following states:

• Online — The physical disk is part of the imported virtual disk and

functions normally.

• Offline — The physical disk is offline after import to the virtual disk.

• Foreign — The virtual disk containing the physical disk cannot be

imported and the physical disk remains in foreign state.

• Rebuild — After import of virtual disk, the physical disk rebuilds.

• Replacing — A Replace Member Disk task is performed on the physical

disk. For more information on replacing a member disk, see Replacing A

Member Disk and Enabling Revertible Hot Spare.

Capacity Displays the capacity of the disk.

Failure Predicted Displays whether the physical disk has received a Self-Monitoring Analysis

and Reporting Technology (SMART) alert and is therefore predicted to fail.

For more information on SMART predictive failure analysis, see Monitoring

Disk Reliability On RAID Controllers. For information on replacing the

physical disk, see Replacing A Physical Disk Receiving SMART Alerts.

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:

• 2094

• 2106

• 2107

• 2108

• 2109

• 2110

• 2111

For information on alert messages, see the Server Administrator Messages

Reference Guide.

Progress Displays the progress of an operation being performed on the physical disk.

Bus Protocol Displays the technology that the physical disk is using. Possible values are:

• SAS — Serial Attached SCSI

• SATA — Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

Device Protocol Displays the device protocol of the physical device, such as Non-Volatile

Memory Express (NVMe).

Certified Indicates that the drive has firmware which has been tested and fully

qualified by the service provider. Drives that are not certified by the service

provider may work but, are not supported and recommended for use in

servers.

Media Displays the media type of the physical disk. The possible values are: