Use this window to view information about your array subsystems.
System Tree Selection | Tab | Subtab | User Privileges | |
View | Manage | |||
Storage | Properties | Array Subsystems | U, P, A | NA |
U=User; P=Power User; A=Administrator; NA=Not Applicable. For more details on user privilege levels, see "Privilege Levels in the Server Administrator GUI."
Arrays are physical and logical storage subsystems connected to redundant array of independent disks (RAID) controllers.
Fields in the Array Subsystem Information window include fields for the installed controllers and fields for virtual disks.
Name | Name of the controller. |
State | States of the controller include: Ready, Failed, Online, Offline, Degraded, Recovering, Removed, Resynching, Rebuilding, Reconstructing, Unknown. |
Firmware Version | Version of the management instructions on the controller board. |
Status | Event type for the disk: Normal/OK, Warning/Noncritical, and Critical/Failure. |
Name | Name of the virtual disk. |
State | States of the disk include: Ready, Failed, Online, Offline, Degraded, Recovering, Removed, Resynching, Rebuilding, Reconstructing, Unknown. |
Read Cache | The read policies are as follows: Read-Ahead, No-Read-Ahead, and Adaptive Read-Ahead. For definitions, see Read Policies. |
Write Cache | The write policies are as follows: . Write-Back Caching and Write-Through Caching. For definitions, see Write Policies. |
Cache Policy | Cache Policies include Direct I/O and Cache I/O. Cache policies apply to reads on a specific logical drive. These settings do not affect the read-ahead policy. For definitions, see Cache Policies. |
Layout | The layout, or hardware RAID level, includes Concatenation, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50, and Concatenation of RAID 1. |
Size | Amount of storage on the disk in GB. |