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Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 12 User’s Guide PERC H965i Adapter, PERC H965i Front, PERC H965i MX, and PERC H965e Adapter

View physical disk properties

Steps

  1. Enter the Dell PERC 12 Configuration Utility. See Navigate to the Dell PERC 12 configuration utility.
  2. Click Main Menu > Device Management > Logical Enclosure <enclosure number>. An enclosure number can be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on.
    The enclosure properties and all the physical disks associated with the selected enclosure are listed.
  3. To view the properties of a PD, click the corresponding PD link.
    NOTE:Fields associated with features that are not applicable are hidden.
    Table 1. Physical disk Dashboard ViewThe Dashboard View page displays the properties of the selected physical disk:
    Option Description
    Operation The list of operations you can perform on the selected physical disk. The options are:
    • Blink
    • Unblink
    • Assign global hot spare
    • Cryptographic erase
    • Convert to non–RAID disk
    • Make Offline
    • Replace Member
    Slot number The PD slot to which the controller is connected.
    Persistent ID Persistent ID of the physical drive.
    Status Status of the physical disk.
    Size Size of the physical disk.
    Type Type of the physical disk.
    Model Model of the physical disk.
    Part Number Part number of the physical drive.
    Serial Number Serial of the physical disk.
    Vendor Name of the PD manufacturer.
    Firmware Revision Level Indicates the version of the firmware installed on the PD.
    Manufacturing Date Date of manufacture of the PD.
    Associated Virtual Disk Indicates the VD that is associated with this PD.
  4. To view additional properties of the physical disk, click Advanced.
    Table 2. Advanced physical disk propertiesThe following table provides advanced physical disk properties.
    Option Description
    SMART status SMART status of a physical disk
    SAS Address/WWID WWN number of the device.
    Disk Power Status Power condition (On or Power Save) of the physical disk
    Interface Indicates the type of device used as an interface. For example, SAS or parallel SCSI.
    Capable Speed Indicates the read-write speed capability of PD in Gbps.
    Negotiated Speed Negotiated link speed of the device.
    Capable Link Width Capable link width of the device.
    Negotiated Link Width Negotiated link width of the device.
    Number of Connections Indicates the number of paths do the PD.
    Cryptographic erase capable Cryptographic erase capability of the physical disk
    Encryption Capable Indicates whether or not the drive can be encrypted.
    Supported Data Format Indicated for NVMe drives only.
    Temperature (C) Indicates the current temperature of the PD.
  5. To view information about the Logical Unit Number (LUN) and NVMe Namespace properties of a PD, click Logical Unit/Namespace Information.
    Table 3. LUN/Namespace data of a physical diskThe following table provides advanced physical disk properties.
    Option Description
    NVMe Namespace ID Indicates LUN and Namespace properties
    Status Indicates the working status of a LUN.
    Size Indicates the maximum storage size of the LUN.
    Total Unconfigured Space Total free space available for RAID array.
    Total Configured Space Total used drive space for RAID array.
    Logical Sector Size Supports either 512B or 4KiB types.
    Physical Sector Size Supports either 512B or 4KiB types.
    Media Error Count Number of physical errors detected on the PD.
    Other Error Count Other errors detected on the PD.
    Predictive Failure Count Predictive errors detected on the PD.
    Firmware Managed Security Indicates whether or not the PD security is managed by the controller firmware.
    Current Write-Cache Indicates whether or not the current write-cache mode of the PD is enabled.
    Default Write-Cache The default write-cache mode of the PD.
    Secured Indicates whether or not the PD is secured.
    Locked Indicates whether or not the PD is locked.

    To view information about the next PD associated with the enclosure, click New Physical Disk.


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