Monitoring Enclosure Status
If your storage space includes an enclosure with an enclosure management device, such as a SCSI
Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosure (SAF-TE) processor, maxView Storage Manager displays temperature,
fan, and power module status on the Storage Dashboard, as shown in the figure below.
Viewing SMART Statistics
You can use the Storage Dashboard to view various indicators of reliability for the SATA hard drives and
SSDs in your storage space. maxView Storage Manager displays SMART statistics for the drives using
Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology available on most contemporary hard drives and
non-spinning storage devices. You can use this information to verify the health of your hard drives and
SSDs and to predict drive failures.
To view the SMART statistics for a hard drive or SSD, select the drive in the Enterprise View, then click
the SMART tab on the Storage Dashboard. For SSDs, the statistics include wear-level and longevity
indicators, as shown in next figure. Refer to your drive vendor's data sheet for a description of individual
report items.
SSD wear-level and
longevity indicators
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