Users Guide

Property Definition
The algorithm for calculating the used disk space rounds a figure
of 0.005GB or less to 0. Used disk space that is between 0.006GB
and 0.009GB is rounded up to 0.01GB.
Available RAID Disk Space Displays the amount of available space on the disk. This property is
Not Applicable for physical disks attached to non-RAID
controllers.
Hot Spare 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 Displays the hardware vendor of the disk.
Product ID Displays the product ID of the device.
Firmware Revision Displays the firmware version of the physical device.
Serial No. Displays the serial number of the disk.
Part Number Displays the Piece Part Identification (PPID) of the physical drive.
T10 Protection Information
Capability
Indicates whether the physical disk supports data integrity. The
possible values are Yes and No.
Sector Size Displays the sector size of the physical disk. The possible options
are 512B and 4KB.
PCIe Negotiated Link Speed Displays the current negotiated transfer speed of the physical
device in GT/s.
PCIe Maximum Link Speed Displays the capable transfer speed of the physical device in GT/s.
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.
PCIe Negotiated Link Width Displays the current negotiated link width of the physical device.
PCIe Maximum Link Width Displays the capable link width of the physical device.
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.
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