Viewing Physical Drive Properties Select a physical drive from a drive group in the Controller dashboard to view its properties. The following figure and table describe the physical drive properties. Table 9. Physical Drive Properties Property Description MegaRAID iMegaRAID Software RAID IntegratedRAID Initiator- Target Status The current status of the physical drives. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Exposed As To differentiate the physical drives, the drives are exposed as one of the following drive: JBOD PHYSICAL-DEVICE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Product ID The product ID of the physical drive. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Vendor ID The ID assigned to the physical drive by the vendor. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Serial Number The serial number of the physical drive. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Shield Counter The shield counter value Yes Yes No No No Device ID The device ID of the physical drive that is assigned by the manufacturer. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Usable Capacity The usable storage capacity, based on the RAID level used. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Raw Capacity The actual full capacity of the drive before any coercion mode is applied to reduce the capacity. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes General Properties SAS Address 0 The World Wide Name (WWN) for the physical drive. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SAS Address 1 The World Wide Name (WWN) for the physical drive. Yes Yes No Yes Yes Negotiated Link Speed The negotiated link speed for data transfer to and from the physical drive. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Drive Speed The speed of the physical drive. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Temperature The temperature of the physical drive. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Revision Level The revision level of the physical drive’s firmware. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Power Status The Power Status displays the following status: On– A physical drive is spun up. Power Save– A physical drive is spun down. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Native Command Queueing Indicates if the native command queueing function is enabled. Native command queueing enables the physical drive to queue the I/O requests and reorder them for efficiency. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Physical Sector Size The size of the physical sector of the drive. The possible options are 4 KB or 512 B. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Enclosure Properties Enclosure ID The ID of the enclosure in which the physical drive is located. Yes Yes No Yes Yes Enclosure Model The type of enclosure in which the physical drive is located. Yes Yes No Yes Yes Enclosure Location The port number of the enclosure to which the physical drive is connected. Yes Yes No Yes Yes Enclosure Connector Indicates the connector name, position, and size of the wide port. Wide ports: [Port 0-3 x4] –Single X4 wide port [Port 0-3 x4] & [Port 4-7 x4]– Two X4 wide ports [Port 0-3 & Port 4-7 x8]– Single X8 wide port Single Drive [Port 0-3 x1] Yes Yes NO Yes Yes Drive Security Properties Full Disk Encryption Capable Indicates if disk encryption is enabled for the physical drive. Yes Yes No No No Secured Indicates if the drive is secured. Yes Yes No No No Protection Information Properties Protection Information Indicates if the SCSI Protection Information type is active for the drive. Yes Yes No No No
Viewing Physical Drive Properties
Select a physical drive from a drive group in the Controller dashboard to view its properties. The following figure and table describe the physical drive properties.
Table 9. Physical Drive Properties
Property
Description
MegaRAID
iMegaRAID
Software RAID
IntegratedRAID
Initiator- Target
Status
The current status of the physical drives.
Yes
Exposed As
To differentiate the physical drives, the drives are exposed as one of the following drive:
JBOD
PHYSICAL-DEVICE
Product ID
The product ID of the physical drive.
Vendor ID
The ID assigned to the physical drive by the vendor.
Serial Number
The serial number of the physical drive.
Shield Counter
The shield counter value
No
Device ID
The device ID of the physical drive that is assigned by the manufacturer.
Usable Capacity
The usable storage capacity, based on the RAID level used.
Raw Capacity
The actual full capacity of the drive before any coercion mode is applied to reduce the capacity.
General Properties
SAS Address 0
The World Wide Name (WWN) for the physical drive.
SAS Address 1
Negotiated Link Speed
The negotiated link speed for data transfer to and from the physical drive.
Drive Speed
The speed of the physical drive.
Temperature
The temperature of the physical drive.
Revision Level
The revision level of the physical drive’s firmware.
Power Status
The Power Status displays the following status:
On– A physical drive is spun up.
Power Save– A physical drive is spun down.
Native Command Queueing
Indicates if the native command queueing function is enabled. Native command queueing enables the physical drive to queue the I/O requests and reorder them for efficiency.
Physical Sector Size
The size of the physical sector of the drive. The possible options are 4 KB or 512 B.
Enclosure Properties
Enclosure ID
The ID of the enclosure in which the physical drive is located.
Enclosure Model
The type of enclosure in which the physical drive is located.
Enclosure Location
The port number of the enclosure to which the physical drive is connected.
Enclosure Connector
Indicates the connector name, position, and size of the wide port.
Wide ports:
[Port 0-3 x4] –Single X4 wide port
[Port 0-3 x4] & [Port 4-7 x4]– Two X4 wide ports
[Port 0-3 & Port 4-7 x8]– Single X8 wide port
Single Drive
[Port 0-3 x1]
NO
Drive Security Properties
Full Disk Encryption Capable
Indicates if disk encryption is enabled for the physical drive.
Secured
Indicates if the drive is secured.
Protection Information Properties
Protection Information
Indicates if the SCSI Protection Information type is active for the drive.