You can view the status of disks on your appliance using the Disk - Management page (Maintenance tab > Disk > Management) of the Appliance Manager.
The following table describes the different columns in the Disk - Management page output.
Indicates the host adapter number, which is the number of the slot in which the disk adapter is installed. |
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Shelf is the number of the disk shelf that is connected to the disk adapter interface on the host adapter. Multiple disk shelves can be connected to a disk adapter interface if the disk adapter is a differential SCSI adapter or a fibre channel adapter. The disk shelf number starts at 0. |
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Indicates the type of disk adapter, for example, Fibre Channel and SCSI. |
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Bay is the number of the disk slot in the disk shelf, which starts at 0. |
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Disk ID is represented in the x.y format, where x is the host adapter and y is the disk number. For more information, see Understanding disk addresses. |
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Size of the disk in megabytes. The disk sizes are "right-sized," as explained in Understanding usable space on each disk. |
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Indicates the current function of the disk. A disk can be a data, spare, or parity disk. |
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The operations allowed on the disks in the appliance. The Fail operation changes the state of a disk to "Bad." The Promote operation promotes a spare disk to a file system disk. |
You can view the disk statistics of your appliance using the System Status - General page (Data tab > System Status > General) in the Appliance Manager. The options that display disk statistics on the System Status - General page are as follows:
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