Drive Information Page

The Drive Information page appears when you choose Information > Drive Information from the menu bar, or when you click a port # on the Unit Details page. If you arrive at this page from the port # hyperlink on the Unit Information page, the line showing the port # you clicked on is highlighted.

The Drive Information page shows a list of drives on the controller specified in the drop-down list on the menu bar, and a summary of each one.

To see additional detail about a particular drive, including the SMART data, whether NCQ is supported and enabled, and the SATA Link speed, click the link in the Port # column.

Port #. The port to which the drive is connected.

Model. The model of the drive.

Capacity. The physical capacity of the drive. (Note that the capacity as shown on 3DM screen is calculated as 1KB = 1024. This amount may differ from the capacity that is printed on the disk drive, where it typically has been calculated as 1K = 1000. Consequently, the capacity of the drive may appear smaller in the 3DM screens. No storage capacity is actually lost; the size has simply been calculated differently for consistency.

Serial #. The serial number of the drive.

Firmware. The firmware version of the drive.

Unit. The unit the drive belongs to, if applicable.

Status. The status of the drive: OK, Not Supported, Read Timeout, Read Failure, Orphan, DCB Data Check, Unsupp DCB, Unconv DCB, Offline JBOD, Not Present, Device Error, SMART Failure, ECC Error, or Drive Removed. (In the event of a problem, the status shown for the drive can be useful to customer support.)

Note: In most cases, the status of the drive will not correspond to the status of the unit, shown on the Unit Information page.

Blink. Check this box to cause the LED for this drive to blink, if it is in a chassis that has a Chassis Control Unit (CCU) and is connected to the I2C connector on the 9550SX or 9590SE controller.

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