Physical Drive Information Panel

Physical Drive Information Panel

When you select the Physical Drives icon from the Main Tree, information about the total number of drives connected to each channel of the ServeRAID adapter or controller appears in the Main Panel on the right.

When you select a specific physical 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 physical drive is attached.
•  Drive Type shows the type of physical drive (Hard Disk, CD-ROM, Tape, Enclosure, Removable-Media, or Unknown) selected.
•  Size in MB shows the total capacity of the drive, in MB, if the drive is a hard disk.
   No value will appear if the physical drive is a CD-ROM or Tape drive.
•  Drive State shows the current state of the physical drive.
   See 'Physical Drive State Descriptions' for descriptions of the states that might appear in this field.
•  Array Letter shows the letter (A through H) assigned to the array in which the physical drive resides, if the physical drive is  part of an array.
•  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.