21 managing physical disks, Locating physical disks, Viewing physical disks – HP 3PAR Operating System Software User Manual

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21 Managing Physical Disks

The Systems Manager allows you perform various tasks related to physical disks. Refer to the
following sections for more information.

“Locating Physical Disks” (page 317)

“Viewing Physical Disks” (page 317)

“Viewing the Physical Disks Summary Tab” (page 318)

“Viewing the Physical Disks Tab” (page 319)

“Displaying Summary Information” (page 319)

“Displaying Capacity Information” (page 320)

“Displaying Chunklet Usage Information” (page 321)

“Displaying Inventory Information” (page 322)

“Displaying Environmental Information” (page 323)

“Displaying State Information” (page 324)

“Displaying Paths Information” (page 325)

“Viewing the Physical Disks Spares Tab” (page 326)

“Viewing the Physical Disks Alerts Tab” (page 327)

Locating Physical Disks

To locate a magazine from the Physical Disks tab:
1.

Select Physical Disks in the Management Tree under the system using the disk you want to
locate.

2.

Under the Physical Disks tab in the Management Window, right-click on the ID of a cage,
then select Locate.

The Locate Magazine dialog box appears.

3.

In the Duration field, enter a value of 1 to 255 seconds.

4.

In the Target Component list, select the magazine you wish to locate.

5.

Click OK.

A detailed message will be displayed in the status bar and will be updated when the locate
operation has completed. The detail pane will automatically display the magazine tab for the Drive
Cages screen, and a locate icon will display next to the selected position in the selected magazine
for the duration specified.

You can stop a Locate operation by selecting Stop Locate instead of Locate in

Step 2

.

Viewing Physical Disks

The Physical Disks screen displays summary information about system physical disks.

To access the Drive Cages screen:
1.

Click Systems in the Manager Pane.

2.

In the Management Tree, select Physical Disks under the system whose physical disk information
you wish to view.

The Physical Disks screen provides four tabs: Summary, Physical Disks, Spares, and Alerts. For
information about each, see:

“Viewing the Physical Disks Summary Tab” (page 318)

“Viewing the Physical Disks Tab” (page 319)

“Viewing the Physical Disks Spares Tab” (page 326)

Locating Physical Disks

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