Viewing the physical disks spares tab – HP 3PAR Operating System Software User Manual

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The following information is displayed:

Description

Column

Physical disk ID, as assigned by the system. Physical disks are numbered contiguously
during system installation beginning with 0.

ID

The drive cage in which the disk resides.

Cage

A description of the physical location of the drive cage.

Cage Location

Location of the disk in Cage:Magazine:Disk format.

Position

State of the disk as identified by the kernel.

State

The port location of the physical disk's A port in <node>:<slot>:<port> format.

Path A

The port location of the physical disk's B port in <node>:<slot>:<port> format.

Path B

The state of the A port; Normal, Degraded, New, or Failed.

A State

The state of the B port; Normal, Degraded, New, or Failed.

B State

Displays the order of which node takes over if the primary node fails.

Order

For a two node system, displays the primary/secondary path.

For a four node system, displays the primary/secondary/third/fourth path.

Viewing the Physical Disks Spares Tab

NOTE:

In order to view the Spares tab, you must enable spares information in preferences. See

“Setting Global Preferences” (page 412)

.

To view the physical disks Spares tab:
1.

Access the Physical Disks screen.

2.

Click the Spares tab.

3.

Click the Get Data button. This updates the list with the latest spares shown.

324 Managing Physical Disks

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