Dell PowerEdge R740 EMC PowerEdge RAID Controller S140 Users Guide - Page 24
Viewing the physical disks details, Viewing the virtual disks details, Rescan disks
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Unassign hot spare disks 1. Enter the BIOS Configuration utility. See Entering the BIOS configuration utility on page 20. 2. In the Main Menu screen, select the Manage Hot Spare and press Enter. 3. Select Unassign Hot Spare. Press Enter. 4. Use the up or down arrow key to select the physical disk to delete as a hot spare. 5. Press Insert. To delete the hot spare, press Enter 6. Press the C key to confirm the action. Viewing the physical disks details 1. Enter the BIOS Configuration Utility. See Entering the BIOS configuration utility on page 20. 2. In the Main Menu screen, select View Physical Disk Details and press . 3. Use the arrow keys to choose a physical disk. 4. The following details of the physical disks are displayed: a. Physical disk number b. Channel number c. Physical disk size d. Physical disk status: Non-RAID/Ready/Online e. Amount of free space f. Manufacturer and model number g. World Wide Address h. SATA Cache Policy (Enabled or Disabled) i. S.M.A.R.T. State: Error (if a disk with a S.M.A.R.T. error is discovered) 5. Press to return to the main window. Viewing the virtual disks details 1. Enter the BIOS Configuration Utility. See Entering the BIOS configuration utility on page 20. 2. In the Main Menu screen, select View Virtual Disk Details and press . 3. Use the arrow keys to choose a virtual disk. 4. The following details of the virtual disks are displayed: a. Virtual disk number b. RAID Level c. Size d. Status (Read Ahead/Write Back, No Read Ahead/Write Back, Read Ahead/Write Through, No Read Ahead/Write Through) 5. Press to return to the main window. NOTE: The Physical Disks field indicates the physical disks that are in the virtual disk, highlighted by green text. Rescan disks This option allows you to view the list of existing Physical and Virtual disks. NOTE: The Rescan disks option may take from 10 to 20 seconds to display the list of disks, depending on the number of disks available in the system. 1. Enter the Dell PERC S140 Configuration Utility. See Entering the DELL PERC S140 Configuration Utility on page 26. 2. Click Controller Management > Rescan Disks. The Rescan Disks screen is displayed. It provides information about the latest physical disk and virtual disk configurations. 24 BIOS Configuration Utility