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The following properties are part of the
Physical Devices Information
box under the
physical tab.
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Model
–
Model number of the physical drive
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Capacity
–
Total capacity of the physical drive
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Revision
–
HDD device firmware revision number
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Read Ahead*
- (Enable/Disable) Disk read ahead.
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Location
–
Device location (example: 1/2 states controller 1, slot 2)
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Write Cache*
–
(Enable/Disable) the disk write cache
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Max Free
–
space on disk that is not configured in an array
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Status
–
(Normal, disabled, critical) status of the disk
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NCQ*
–
(Enable/Disable) Native Command Queuing
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Serial Number
–
serial number of the physical disk
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Identify LED*
–
On/Off
–
toggle the IDENTIFY (RED) on the front panel
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Unplug
–
Safely ejects selected disk. Other methods of disk removal will trigger
alarm if enabled.
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Check Disk
−
Fix Bad Sector
*
Disk properties that can be adjusted.
Read Ahead
Enabling disk read ahead will speed up read operations by pre-fetching data and
loading it into RAM.
Write Cache
Enabling write cache will speed up write operations.
NCQ (Native Command Queuing)
A setting that allows disks to queue up and reorder I/O commands for maximum
efficiency.
Identify LED
The Disk tray LED lights on the front panel can be toggled ON or OFF.
Rescan
Clicking rescan will immediately signal the controller to scan for any changes in the
connection. Clicking this button will also stop any alarm if currently ringing.