Hot-Spare Drive Information Panel

Hot-Spare Drive Information Panel

When you select the Hot-Spare Drives icon from the Main Tree, information about the total number of functional hot-spare and standby hot-spare drives defined for the ServeRAID controller appears in the Main Panel on the right.

When you select a specific hot-spare drive from the Main Tree, the following information appears in the Main Panel on the right:

•  SCSI ID shows the SCSI ID assigned to the drive.
•  Channel shows the SCSI channel to which the hot-spare drive is attached.
•  Drive Type shows the type of physical drive. For a hot spare, this will always appear as Hard Disk Drive.
•  Size in MB shows the total capacity of the hard disk drive in MB.
•  Drive State shows the drive state. For a hot spare, this will always appear as Hot Spare.
•  Vendor shows characters that represent the drive manufacturer.
•  Product or Model Number shows characters that represent the product or model number for the drive.
•  Serial Number shows the serial number for the drive.
•  Drive Firmware Level shows the current level of microcode in use for the drive.
•  PFA Error indicates the status, Yes or No, for predictive-failure alerts.
   Yes indicates that PFA errors were detected and that you should plan to replace the device.
   No indicates that PFA errors were not found.