The information sections are arranged by array. Each array’s section displays a status icon, the array name,
the array number, the controller number, the total capacity, and a list of any free areas in the array (see
on page 63 for more information). If there is no free space in the array, a message is
displayed in place of the list.
Below each array’s information section are sections for each volume in the array. These display the following
information:
Table 3-2: Volume information
Item
Contents
Title bar
The volume ID, volume number, array name, and array number.
Volume name
The user-defined name of the volume.
Volume capacity
Displays the total data storage space of the array, in megabytes (MB), true
gigabytes (GB), and binary gigabytes (GiB).
% of total array
Displays the percentage of the array capacity that this volume uses.
Used capacity
Displays the amount of the total volume capacity that is taken up by data.
This item is only displayed for arrays that have advanced features enabled
(see
Number of bad blocks
Displays the number of blocks in the volume that cannot be read or written to
because of disk media errors.
LUN Mapping
Displays a link:
Click to view
. Clicking the link takes you to the volume’s
detail page.
Volume serial number
Displays the volume’s unique serial number.
Volume created
Displays the date and time that the volume was created, formatted as “Day of
Week DD-Mon-YYYY HH:MM”.
The darker area below the listed items displays the name of the array that the volume belongs to, the controller
number, and the volume capacity.
The bottom area contains a bar which represents the percentage of the array’s capacity that the volume uses,
as well as the volume’s relative position within the array.
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