Viewing Storage: Virtual Disk Details for a Single Host
If you selected Virtual Disks from the View drop-down list, view these options:
Name Displays the name of the virtual disk. Device FQDD Displays the FQDD. Physical Disk Displays on which physical disk the virtual disk is located. Capacity Displays the capacity of the virtual disk. Layout Displays the layout type of the virtual storage. This means the type of RAID that was configured for this virtual disk. Media Type Displays either SSD or HDD. Controller ID Displays the controller ID. Device ID Displays the device ID. Stripe Size The stripe size refers to the amount of space that each stripe consumes on a single disk. Bus Protocol This displays the technology that the physical disks included in the virtual disk are using. Possible values are:
SCSI
SAS
SATA
Default Read Policy The default read policy supported by the controller. Options include: Read-Ahead
No-Read-Ahead
Adaptive Read-Ahead
Read Cache Enabled
Read Cache Disabled
Default Write Policy The default write policy supported by the controller. Options include: Write-Back
Force Write Back
Write Back Enabled
Write-Through
Write Cache Enabled Protected
Write Cache Disabled
Cache Policy Displays if cache policy is enabled.