Users Guide

NOTE: Storage Management does not allow hot removal of enclosures. Reboot the system to eect this change in

Storage Management.

Storage Management noties you of enclosure status changes through alerts that are displayed in the Alert Log.

The following sections provide more information on the enclosure components and management features provided by Storage

Management:

• Enclosure Physical Disks

• Enclosure Fans

• Enclosure Power Supplies

• Enclosure Temperature Probes

• Enclosure Management Modules (EMMs)

• Enclosure And Backplane Health

• Enclosure And Backplane Properties And Tasks

Enclosure Physical Disks

The physical disks in an enclosure are displayed under the enclosure object in the tree view. Select a disk in the tree to view the

status information.

Enclosure Fans

The fans are a component of the enclosure cooling module. The enclosure fans are displayed under the Fans object in the tree view.

You can select a fan to view the status information.

Fan Properties

Table 22. Fan Properties

Property Denition

Status These icons represent the severity or health of the storage component.

— Normal/OK

— Warning/Non-critical

— Critical/Failure/Error

For more information, see Storage Component Severity.

Name Displays the name of the fan.

State Displays the status of the fan. Possible values are:

• Ready — The fan is functioning normally.

• Degraded — The fan has encountered a failure and is operating in a degraded

state.

• Oine — The fan or power supply has been removed from the enclosure.

• Failed — The fan has encountered a failure and is no longer functioning.

Storage Management is unable to communicate with the enclosure using SES

commands. The Failed state is displayed when the enclosure does not respond

to a status query from Storage Management. For example, disconnecting the

cable.

• Missing — The fan is not present in the enclosure.

Part Number

Displays the part number of the fan.

This property is not displayed for the 22xS enclosures that have E.17 rmware or

later.

Speed

Indicates the fan speed. The values are displayed in rpm. If the fan is in Oine state,

the value for the Speed property is Unknown.