Drives

Overview

This function displays the drive information.

User Privileges

Availability of Executions in the Default Role

Default role Availability of executions
Monitor
Admin
StorageAdmin
AccountAdmin  
SecurityAdmin
Maintainer

Refer to "User Roles and Policies" for details on the policies and roles.

Display Contents

The drive information is displayed.

Drive List

Item Description

Enclosure

The enclosure where the drive is installed is displayed.

   CE: Controller Enclosure (2.5" and 3.5")

   DE: Drive Enclosure (2.5", 3.5", and 3.5" high density DEs)

CE

CE#x

DE#yy

x: CE number

yy: DE number

Slot No.

The slot number of the enclosure where the drive is installed is displayed.

Click this item to display the [Drive Detail] Screen.

2.5" CE/DE: 0 - 23

3.5" CE/DE: 0 - 11

3.5" high density DE: 0 - 59

Status

The drive status is displayed.

Refer to "Drive Status" for details.

Capacity

The capacity of the drive is displayed.

Caution

  • The displayed drive capacity may differ from the product's actual capacity. For example, the drive capacity of a "1.92 TB SSD" is displayed as "2.00 TB" and the capacity of an "18 TB Nearline SAS disk" is displayed as "17.9 TB".

Speed

The drive speed is displayed.

For SSD or SSD SED, a "-" (hyphen) is displayed.

15000 rpm

10000 rpm

7200 rpm

Type

The drive type displayed for this item is a combination of the following.

  • Drive size

    • For 2.5-inch drives: 2.5"

    • For 3.5-inch drives: 3.5"

  • Drive type

    • For SAS disks: Online

    • For Nearline SAS disks: Nearline

    • For SSDs, the following items are displayed depending on the SSD type.

      • For SSD-Hs (12 Gbit/s): SSD-H (*1)

      • For SSD-Ms (12 Gbit/s): SSD-M (*1)

      • For SSD-Ls (12 Gbit/s): SSD-L (*1)

Note that "SED" is also displayed for self encrypting drives and "AF" is also displayed for Advanced Format compliant drives.

*1  :  The displayed item varies depending on the interface speed (bandwidth) or the capacity of the reserved space. Unless otherwise specified, "SSD-H", "SSD-M", and "SSD-L" are collectively referred to as "SSD". In addition, there may be cases when "SSD SED" is used as the collective term for self encrypting SSD-Hs, SSD-Ms, and SSD-Ls.

Usage

The usage of the drive is displayed.

  • Data

    A drive that is used for user data or an unused drive

  • Global Hot Spare

    A drive that is registered as a Global Hot Spare

  • Dedicated Hot Spare

    A drive that is registered as a Dedicated Hot Spare

RAID Group

When the drive belongs to a RAID group, the RAID group number and the RAID group name are displayed. However, if the drive usage is "Dedicated Hot Spare", the RAID group number and the RAID group name are displayed even when the drive is not used as a Hot Spare. Click this item to display the [RAID Group Detail] Screen.

When the usage is not "Dedicated Hot Spare" and the drive is not registered in a RAID group, a "-" (hyphen) is displayed.

Health

The drive lifetime information (0 to 100 %) is displayed. As the lifetime of the drive is reduced, the health level of the drive is decreased.

A "-" (hyphen) is displayed in the following conditions:

  • The drive is neither "SSD" nor "SSD SED"

  • Data sanitization is in progress

  • The lifetime information cannot be obtained

[Drive Detail] Screen

The detailed information of the drive is displayed.

[Summary] Tab

Controller Enclosure#x Slot#z Information (x: CE Number, z: Slot Number)Drive Enclosure#yy Slot#z Information (yy: DE Number, z: Slot Number)

Item Description

Location

The installation location of the drive is displayed.

Slot#x

x: 0 - 23

    2.5" CE/DE

x: 0 - 11

    3.5" CE/DE

x: 0 - 59

    3.5" high density DE

Status

The drive status is displayed.

Refer to "Drive Status" for details.

Status Code

The drive status code is displayed.

Error Code

The drive error code is displayed.

Capacity

The capacity of the drive is displayed.

Type

The drive type displayed for this item is a combination of the following.

  • Drive size

    • For 2.5-inch drives: 2.5"

    • For 3.5-inch drives: 3.5"

  • Drive type

    • For SAS disks: Online

    • For Nearline SAS disks: Nearline

    • For SSDs, the following items are displayed depending on the SSD type.

      • For SSD-Hs (12 Gbit/s): SSD-H (*1)

      • For SSD-Ms (12 Gbit/s): SSD-M (*1)

      • For SSD-Ls (12 Gbit/s): SSD-L (*1)

Note that "SED" is also displayed for self encrypting drives and "AF" is also displayed for Advanced Format compliant drives.

*1  :  The displayed item varies depending on the interface speed (bandwidth) or the capacity of the reserved space. Unless otherwise specified, "SSD-H", "SSD-M", and "SSD-L" are collectively referred to as "SSD". In addition, there may be cases when "SSD SED" is used as the collective term for self encrypting SSD-Hs, SSD-Ms, and SSD-Ls.

Speed

The drive speed is displayed.

This item is not displayed when the drive type is "SSD" or "SSD SED".

15000 rpm

10000 rpm

7200 rpm

Health

The drive lifetime information (0 to 100 %) is displayed. As the lifetime of the drive is reduced, the health level of the drive is decreased. This item is displayed when the drive type is "SSD" and "SSD SED".

A "-" (hyphen) is displayed in the following conditions:

  • Data sanitization is in progress

  • The lifetime information cannot be obtained

Usage

The usage of the drive is displayed.

Data

Global Hot Spare

Dedicated Hot Spare

RAID Group

When the drive belongs to a RAID group, the RAID group number and the RAID group name are displayed. However, if the drive usage is "Dedicated Hot Spare", the RAID group number and the RAID group name are displayed even when the drive is not used as a Hot Spare. Click this item to display the [RAID Group Detail] Screen ([Basic] Tab).

When the usage is not "Dedicated Hot Spare" and the drive is not registered in a RAID group, a "-" (hyphen) is displayed.

Motor Status

The drive motor status is displayed.

   When the drive motors are activated: "Active"

   When the drive motors are starting up: "In the Boot Process"

   When the drive motors are stopped: "Idle"

   When the drive motors are being stopped: "In the Stop Process"

   When the drive motors are turned off: "Power Off"

Rebuild/Copyback Progress

When executing rebuild or copyback, the progress rate (0 to 100 %) is displayed.

A "-" (hyphen) is displayed in the following conditions:

  • Rebuild/Copyback has been completed

  • Rebuild/Copyback has not been performed

Patrol

Total completed passes

The current total number of completed disk drive patrol cycles is displayed.

"Completed passes" indicates the number of times the disk patrol for all of the target drives is complete.

Caution

  • If the device configuration has been changed using the [Apply Configuration] function, the patrol progress information (total completed passes, progress with current pass, and complete passes since last power on) returns to the default settings.

Progress with current pass

The progress rate (0 to 100 %) of the currently running disk drive patrol process is displayed.

If the patrol is not operating for reasons such as a drive failure or a drive being formatted, a "-" (hyphen) is displayed.

Completed passes since last Power On

The current total number of completed disk drive patrol cycles since the last power on is displayed.

Caution

  • "Completed passes since last Power On" may be cleared when the Controller Firmware is applied, or due to a CM failure.

Vendor ID

The drive manufacturer name is displayed.

Product ID

The drive product name is displayed.

Serial Number

The serial number of the drive is displayed.

WWN

The drive WWN is displayed.

Firmware Revision

The drive firmware version is displayed.

[View] Tab

Controller Enclosure#x Slot#z Front View (x: CE Number, z: Slot Number)Drive Enclosure#yy Slot#z Front View (yy: DE Number, z: Slot Number)

Item Description

(Storage system image)

The front view of the CE or DE that is installed in the storage system is displayed. The following number of drives can be installed for each enclosure.

   2.5" CE/DE: 24 (24 enclosures are lined up horizontally)

   3.5" CE/DE: 12 (3 enclosures are lined up vertically and 4 enclosures are lined up horizontally)

   3.5" high density DE: 60 (5 drives are lined up vertically and 12 drives are lined up horizontally)

   When no drives are installed: Blank

Drives that are not selected in the [Drives] screen are grayed out.

The drive status is displayed with an icon.

Refer to "Component Status" for details.

Filter Setting

Function Description

Filter setting is a function used to display only the disk drives matching all the specified conditions.

No filtering is set by default. The following table shows conditions that can be specified.

Item Description Setting values

Enclosure

Select the enclosure in which the target drive is installed.

When not using enclosure for filtering, please select "All".

All

CE

CE#x

DE#yy

x: CE number

yy: DE number

Slot No.

Specify the slot number of the drive that is to be displayed.

When not using the slot number for filtering, leave this item blank.

Blank

2.5" CE/DE: 0 - 23

3.5" CE/DE: 0 - 11

3.5" high density DE: 0 - 59

Status

Select the status of the drive that is to be displayed.

When not using the drive status for filtering, select "All".

All

Refer to Drive Status.

Capacity

Specify the capacity of the drive that is to be displayed.

When not using the drive capacity for filtering, specify "0".

0 MB

Capacity

Type

Select the drive type to be displayed.

When not using the drive type for filtering, select "All".

All

3.5" Online

3.5" Online AF

2.5" Online

2.5" Online AF

3.5" Nearline

3.5" Nearline AF

2.5" Nearline

2.5" Nearline AF

3.5" SSD-H

3.5" SSD-M

3.5" SSD-L

2.5" SSD-H

2.5" SSD-M

2.5" SSD-L

3.5" Online SED

3.5" Online SED AF

2.5" Online SED

2.5" Online SED AF

3.5" Nearline SED

3.5" Nearline SED AF

2.5" Nearline SED

2.5" Nearline SED AF

3.5" SSD-H SED

3.5" SSD-M SED

3.5" SSD-L SED

2.5" SSD-H SED

2.5" SSD-M SED

2.5" SSD-L SED

Usage

Select the usage of the drive to be displayed.

When not using the usage of the drive for filtering, select "All".

All

Data

Global Hot Spare

Dedicated Hot Spare