Viewing physical drive information, Adjustable items, Viewing physical drive statistics – Promise Technology Network Device EX8654 User Manual

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Viewing Physical Drive Information

To view physical drive information:

1.

Click the Subsystem

icon in Tree View.

2.

Click the Enclosures icon.

3.

Click the Enclosure icon.

4.

Click the Physical Drives icon.

5.

Click a Physical Drive icon.

Useful information provided here includes:

Operational Status

– OK is normal. Can also show Rebuilding, Forced

Online, Forced Offline, Transition Running, PDM Running, Media Patrol
Running, Stale, PFA, Offline or Dead.

Configuration Status

– The array to which the drive is assigned or its spare

designation, including Unconfigured, Stale, PFA, Global Spare, Dedicated
Spare, Revertible Global Spare, Revertible Dedicated Spare.

Adjustable Items

Write Cache

– Enabled or disabled as chosen on the Physical Drives

Settings tab.

Read Look Ahead (Cache)

– Enabled or disabled as chosen on the

Physical Drives Settings tab.

Command Queuing

– SATA only. Enabled or disabled.

See “Making Global Physical Drive Settings” on page 147.

Viewing Physical Drive Statistics

To view physical drive statistics:

1.

Click the Subsystem

icon in Tree View.

2.

Click the Enclosures icon.

3.

Click the Enclosure icon.

4.

Click the Physical Drives icon.

5.

Click a Physical Drive icon.

6.

From the dropdown menu on the Information tab, choose Statistics.

Making Physical Drive Settings

The only individual physical drive setting is an alias. An alias is optional. To set
an alias for a physical drive:

1.

Click the Subsystem

icon in Tree View.

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