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• Physical Disk Field Description:
Slot
The slot number of the hard disk. The blue button next to the number indicates “More Information” function.
Clicking it shows the details of the hard disk.
WWN World Wide Name.
Size (MB) Disk volume
VG Name Associated Volume Group name
Status
Disk state:
“GOOD”ÆThe hard disk is good
“DEFECT”ÆThe hard disk has errors
“FAIL”Æ The disk fails to function properly
Status 1
“RD”ÆRAID Disk. This hard disk has been confi gured with a RAID level
“FR”ÆFRee disk. This hard disk is not yet confi gured and is free for use
“DS”ÆDedicated Spare. This disk has been confi gured to be the dedicated spare of the VG
“GS”ÆGlobal Spare. This disk has been confi gured to be a global spare of all VGs
“RS”ÆReServe. The disk contains the VG information but cannot be used. It may be caused by incomplete VG
confi gure, or hot-plug of this hard disk during system operation. In order to protect the data in the hard disk, the
status is changed to reserve automatically. It can be reused after confi guring it to “FR” manually.
Status 2
“R”ÆRebuild. The hard disk is under rebuilding
“M”ÆMigration. The disk is under data migration
Speed
3.0GÆThe hard disk speed can reach the SATA2 level (3.0Gbps)
1.5GÆThe hard disk speed can reach the SATA1 level (1.5Gbps)
UnknownÆThe hard disk does not support either of above levels
• Physical Disk Operations Description:
FREE DISC Confi gure the selected hard disk(s) to be free for use
GLOBAL SPARES
Confi gure the selected hard disk(s) to be the global spare of all VGs
DEDICATED SPARES
Confi gure the selected hard disk(s) to be dedicated spare of
selected VGs
In this page, STARDOM SCSI Series Products provide the hard disk Spindown function to save the
power. It is disabled by default. You can click the indicator next the Auto spindown to enter the setup
page. It is as shown in Figure 3.5.2.2.
Figure 3.5.2.2
3.5.3 Volume Group
Click “Volume group” to view the status of each volume group.
• VG Field Description:
Figure 3.5.3.1
(Figure 3.5.3.1: A RAID 0 VG named “QUICK18045,” with 3 physical hard disks, available size 222GB,
attributed to one UDV.)
No.
Volume group number. The blue button next to the number indicates “More Information” function. Clicking it shows
the details of the volume group.
Name Volume group name. The blue button next to the name indicates “Rename” function.
Total(MB) Total capacity of this volume group
Free(MB) Free capacity of this volume group
#PD The number of physical disks of the volume group
#UDV The number of user data volumes of the volume group
Status
The status of volume group
“Online”ÆVolume group is online
“Fail”ÆVolume group fails
Status 1
“DG”ÆDeGraded mode. This volume group is not completed. The reason could be lack of one hard disk or hard
disk failure.
Status 2
“R” ÆRebuild. This volume group is under rebuilding.
Status 3
“M” ÆMigration. This volume group is under migration.
RAID
The RAID level of the volume group. The blue button next to the RAID level indicates “Migrate” function. Clicking
“Migrate” allows adding disk(s) for expansion or changing the RAID level of the volume group.
• VG Operation Description:
CREATE Create a volume group
DELETE Delete a volume group
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