Hard Drive Units

This help page provides information to guide you through the procedures to display the status and properties of each hard drive unit (HDU) in the array  It contains the following topics:

Overview

The Simple Modular Storage System contains is a self-contained unit that has only one tray. When you display the tray, you can see all of the physical components in the tray listed in one view.

The Adaptable Modular Storage System supports multiple Expansion Units that provide additional storage capacity.

Displaying Hard Drive Unit Properties   (back to top)

To display the components of an HDU:

  1. In the Array List window, click the name of the array of interest or click the next to its name and them click Show and Configure Array.  The Array Properties window and the Array Settings tree are displayed.

  2. In the Array Settings tree, expand the Components menu and click Trays. The Trays window is displayed.   

  3. In the Trays window, click the name Tray 00.  The Tray window is displayed.

  4. Click the name of the hard disk unit (HDU) of interest.  The HDU window is displayed. The  window contains a properties table that lists the properties of the HDU and the data assigned to each property. The following table describes the properties listed in the HDU properties window.

Property

Description

Example

Part

This field displays the name of the hard disk

HDU 00

Tray  

This field displays the name of the tray that the contains the hard disk.

Tray 00

Status  

This field displays the current operational status of the hard disk.

Out of RAID Group

Part Type

This field displays the type of hard disk (SAS or SATA).

SAS  

Part Number

This field displays the manufacturers part number for the type of hard disk.

AJH146

Part Serial No

This field displays the serial number assigned to the hard disk at the factory.

JDW2ZYVK

RPM  

This field displays the rotational speed of the disk in revolutions per minute.

15000 RPM  

Vendor ID

This is the name of the hard disk manufacturer

HITACHI

Product ID

This field displays

DKR2F-K146SS

Firmware Revision

This field displays the revision of the firmware installed in the hard disk.

D064

    

See Also   (back to top)

The following topics within this online help provide information that may be helpful in understanding the information on this page, and/or may provide additional information that is related, but not required to understand this topic.

   Tray

   Trays

   Components

 

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