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Chapter 2: RAID configuration
• Array
• Virtual disk
• Physical drive
• Enclosure
A red circle to the right of an icon indicates that the device has failed. For example,
this icon indicates that a physical drive has failed:
.
A yellow circle to the right of an icon indicates that a device is running in a
degraded state. For example, this icon indicates that a virtual disk is running in a
degraded state because a disk drive has failed:
.
Properties/Operations/Graphical View Panel
The right panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window has either two or three
tabs, depending on what kind of device is selected in the left panel.
• The
Properties
tab displays information about the selected device. For
example, if a controller icon is selected in the left panel, the Properties tab lists
information such as the controller name, NVRAM size, and device port count.
• The
Operations
tab lists the operations that can be performed on the device
that is selected in the left panel. For example, the following figure shows the
options that are available when a controller is selected. These include enabling
or silencing the alarm and running a Patrol Read. Some types of devices, such
as arrays and ports, do not have operations associated with them.
