Users Guide
NOTE: The newly entered threshold values are retained even after you upgrade Server Administrator.
NOTE: When the Available Spare Threshold drops below the congured threshold, an Alert is logged and the SNMP
trap is received for the same. For more information on SNMP traps, see the
Dell OpenManage SNMP Reference
Guide
at dell.com/openmanagemanuals. The threshold polling interval is scheduled to repeat every ve minutes.
Storage Controller Properties
The information displayed for each controller can vary depending on the controller characteristics.
NOTE: The rmware and drivers listed in the
Server Administrator Release Notes
, see the minimum supported version for
these controllers. Later versions of the rmware and drivers are also supported. For the most recent driver and rmware
requirements, contact your service provider.
Table 9. Controller Properties
Property Denition
Status Displays the status of the controller.
ID Displays the controller ID as reported by the omreport CLI
command.
Name Displays the name of the controller. For more detailed
information on a controller, click its name on the controller name.
Slot ID Displays the slot to which the controller is attached. Storage
Management displays Slot Not Applicable for controllers for
which it is unable to display the slot ID and Embedded for
embedded controllers.
NOTE: If Slot Not Available is displayed, you can identify
the slot ID by selecting the System → Main → System
Chassis → Slots object in the tree view and selecting
the Information tab. The Slot ID property on this tab
may display the correct information.
State Displays the state of the controller. Possible values are:
• Ready — The controller is functioning normally.
• Degraded — The controller has suered a failure of a
component and is operating in a degraded state.
• Failed — The controller has suered a failure of one or more
components and is no longer functioning.
Firmware Version Displays the version of the rmware available on the controller.
Minimum Required Firmware Version Displays the minimum rmware version that is required by
Storage Management. This property is displayed only if the
controller rmware does not meet the minimum requirement.
Driver Version Displays the version of the drivers installed on the controller.
Minimum Required Driver Version Displays the minimum driver version that is required by Storage
Management. This property is displayed only if the controller
driver does not meet the minimum requirement.
Number of Connector Displays the number of connectors available on the controller.
Each connector can be attached to physical disks or an
enclosure. Depending on the controller type, the connector can
be either a SCSI channel or a SAS port.
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