User Manual
BC4000 Series RAID Controllers
02/13/06
B ro ad c om C o r p or at i on
Document
BC4000-UM100-R
Reviewing the Interface
Page 67
D
ISK
L
IST
E
LEMENTS
The
Disk List
area of the
Array Status
window provides information about all disks assigned or available to
arrays.
A
RRAY
L
IST
E
LEMENTS
The
Array List
area of the
Array Status
window provides information about each array.
Item
Description
Ctrl Chan
Disk controller and channel number
State
State of the disk (Online, Failed, Unknown)
Type
Disk type (Disk, Legacy, New)
Port Type
Type of port (SATA) and its port speed; this is the speed the controller negotiates,
not the speed of the port type.
Capacity
Disk capacity:
1 MB = 1 000 000 bytes,
1 GB = 1 000 000 000 bytes
Note:
Because the ATA storage industry has standardized the meanings of MB
as 1 000 000 bytes, and GB as 1 000 000 000 bytes, the RAIDCore software
reports the same units to avoid confusion.
Free Space
Total amount of space unused on the disk
Largest Free
Largest contiguous amount of unused space on the disk
GS
Indicates if disk is assigned as a global spare
Model Number
Disk manufacturer’s model number
Firmware Revision
Disk manufacturer's firmware version
Note:
If there are any disk drives missing from the Disk List, the most likely cause is a loose cable.
Ensure that all disk cables are connected and then rescan the disks. For more information, see
“Rescanning Disks” on page 69
.
Item
Description
Device
The array number
O.S. Name
Name assigned by the operating system to the array. The name appears as
Hidden
if the
array is hidden from the operating system. The name appears as
NONE
if the array is
offline.
Partition
(Mount Point
under Linux)
Drive letter or letters that have been assigned to this array.
Note:
If you create a dynamic volume on an array, RAIDConsole cannot retrieve the
drive letter of the volume.
Array Name
User-supplied name for the array
Type
RAID type
Total Capacity
Total capacity:
•
1 MB = 1 000 000 bytes
•
1 GB = 1 000 000 000 bytes
