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NOTE: The newly entered threshold values are retained even after you upgrade Server Administrator.
NOTE: When the Available Spare of the SSD drops below the configured threshold, an alert is logged and based on
the ‘alert type selection’ the SNMP trap is received for the same. For more information on SNMP traps, see the Dell
EMC OpenManage SNMP Reference Guide at dell.com/openmanagemanuals. The threshold polling interval is
scheduled to repeat every five minutes.
Storage Controller Properties
The information displayed for each controller can vary depending on the controller characteristics.
NOTE: The firmware and drivers listed in the Server Administrator Release Notes , see the minimum supported version
for these controllers. Later versions of the firmware and drivers are also supported. For the most recent driver and
firmware requirements, contact your service provider.
Table 7. Controller Properties
Property Definition
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 suffered a failure of a
component and is operating in a degraded state.
• Failed — The controller has suffered a failure of one or more
components and is no longer functioning.
Firmware Version Displays the version of the firmware available on the controller.
Minimum Required Firmware Version Displays the minimum firmware version that is required by Storage
Management. This property is displayed only if the controller
firmware 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.
Rebuild Rate The rebuild rate is the percentage of the resources available on the
system dedicated to rebuild a failed disk when a rebuild is
necessary. For more information on rebuild rate, see Setting The
Rebuild Rate.
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