HP Dc5750 WebPAM User Manual - Page 63

Physical Drive Settings, Enclosure, Drive Status, Background Activity, Capacity, Sector, Cylinder

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Chapter 5: Monitor and Manage • Enclosure - The model of SuperSwap enclosure in which the disk drive is installed. • Drive Status - The operational of this disk drive. Functional means normal. Others include Offline. • Background Activity - The current background activity affecting this disk drive. Idle means no activity. Others include Initializing and Rebuilding. • Capacity - The data capacity of this disk drive in GB. • Sector - The number of sectors on this disk drive. • Head - The number of heads on this disk drive. • Cylinder - The number of cylinders on this disk drive. • Ultra DMA Mode - The UDMA mode in which this disk drive currently operates. • S.M.A.R.T. Status - SMART, an acronym for Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology, is a feature of the disk drive software. When this feature is supported, the drive will pass SMART information to the FastTrak controller when it polls the physical drives. • Write Cache Status - Indicates whether the disk drive's write cache is Enabled or Disabled. You can change this status under the Settings tab (see below). Physical Drive Settings Physical Drive Settings allows you to enable or disable the Write Cache on an individual physical drive. To access the physical drive setting: 1. Click on the Physical Drive View icon in Tree View. 2. Click on the Physical Drive icon. 3. Click on the Settings tab in Management View. 4. Click the Enable or Disable radio button. 5. Click the Submit button. 57

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Chapter 5: Monitor and Manage
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Enclosure
– The model of SuperSwap enclosure in which the disk drive is
installed.
Drive Status
– The operational of this disk drive. Functional means normal.
Others include Offline.
Background Activity
– The current background activity affecting this disk
drive. Idle means no activity. Others include Initializing and Rebuilding.
Capacity
– The data capacity of this disk drive in GB.
Sector
– The number of sectors on this disk drive.
Head
– The number of heads on this disk drive.
Cylinder
– The number of cylinders on this disk drive.
Ultra DMA Mode
– The UDMA mode in which this disk drive currently
operates.
S.M.A.R.T. Status
– SMART, an acronym for Self-Monitoring Analysis and
Reporting Technology, is a feature of the disk drive software. When this
feature is supported, the drive will pass SMART information to the FastTrak
controller when it polls the physical drives.
Write Cache Status
– Indicates whether the disk drive’s write cache is
Enabled or Disabled. You can change this status under the Settings tab (see
below).
Physical Drive Settings
Physical Drive Settings allows you to enable or disable the Write Cache on an
individual physical drive. To access the physical drive setting:
1.
Click on the Physical Drive View
icon in Tree View.
2.
Click on the Physical Drive
icon.
3.
Click on the Settings tab in Management View.
4.
Click the
Enable
or
Disable
radio button.
5.
Click the
Submit
button.