PD Mgmt Tab
The PD Mgmt screen displays basic information about existing physical drives and allows you to manage physical drives.
GUI
The PD Mgmt screen is as shown in Figure 8-175, Figure 8-176, and Figure 8-177. The hard drive properties are displayed in the right pane. For details about the properties, see Table 8-53.
Parameter |
Parameter Description |
|---|---|
Secured |
Indicates whether the hard drive is encrypted. |
Encryption Capable |
Indicates whether the encryption function is enabled. |
EKM Support |
Indicates whether encryption key management is supported. |
Connector |
Port of the RAID controller card. |
Enclosure Model |
Communication mode of the backplane. |
Slot Number |
Hard drive slot number. |
Logical Sector Size |
Size of a logical sector. |
Physical Sector Size |
Size of the physical sector. |
Product ID |
Hard drive model. |
Revision |
Hard drive firmware version. |
Disk Write Cache |
Indicates whether the hard drive provides the write cache function. |
S.M.A.R.T state |
S.M.A.R.T status of the hard drive. |
Power State |
Energy saving state of the hard drive. |
Operation |
Indicates whether a task is being performed on the hard drive. |
Max Device Link Rate |
Current rate of the hard drive. |
Megotiated Link Rate |
Indicates the negotiated transmission rate of the hard drive. |
Certified |
Certification status of the hard drive. |
Temperature Value |
Hard drive temperature. |
Protection Eligible |
Indicates whether the hard drive supports encryption. |
Wide Port Capable |
Indicates whether the hard drive supports wide ports. |
Figure 8-178 shows the hard drive management menu on the PD Mgmt screen. Table 8-54 describes the menu options.
Menu Option |
Description |
|---|---|
Rebuild |
Rebuilds hard drive data.
|
Copyback |
Copies data from a hot spare drive to a new hard drive. When an exception occurs (for example the RAID degrades), a hot spare drive is used to rebuild data and works instead of the failed drive. After the failed drive is replaced with a new drive, data will be copied from the hot spare drive to the new drive. Then, the hot spare drive restores the hot spare state. |
Locate |
Locate a hard drive.
|
Place drive Online |
Makes a hard drive online. |
Place drive Offline |
Makes a hard drive offline. |
Make Global HS |
Sets a hot spare drive. |
Remove Hot Spare drive |
Removes a hot spare drive. |
Drive Erase |
Safely erases data from a drive.
|
Make JBOD |
Enables JBOD, which makes hard drives to be used without being added to RAID. NOTE:
The JBOD mode can be configured only when the LSI SAS3108 firmware version is 4.650.00-6121 or later and the driver of the corresponding version has been installed on the server. |
Make unconfigured good |
Sets the status of a drive to Unconfigured Good. NOTE:
After this operation is performed on hard drives in JBOD state, the hard drive status changes to UG. After this operation is performed on hard drives in Frn-Bad state, the hard drivestatus changes to Foreign-UG state. |
Prepare for Removal |
Prepares for removing a hard drive. |
Undo Remove |
Cancels drive removal. |
Rebuilding RAID Data
To prevent data inconsistency of a RAID array, do not directly place an offline drive online. Choose Rebuild and add the offline drive to the RAID array.
- On the menu, choose Rebuild and press Enter.
The Rebuild menu is displayed.
- Select an operation type and press Enter.
A confirmation dialog box is displayed.
- Select YES and press Enter.
Copying Back Data
- On the menu, choose Copyback and press Enter.
The Copyback menu is displayed.
- Select an operation type and press Enter.
The Copyback drive screen is displayed.
Figure 8-179 Copyback drive screen![]()
- Select the source drive for copyback and press Enter.
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[x] is displayed on the left of the selected drive.
- Select OK and press Enter.
Locating a Hard Drive
- On the menu, choose Locate and press Enter.
The Locate menu is displayed.
- Select the operation and press Enter.
Making a Hard Drive Online or Offline
On the menu, choose Place Drive Online or Place drive Offline and press Enter.
Configuring a Hot Spare Drive
On the menu, choose Make Global HS and press Enter.
The drive status changes to Hotspare.
Safely Erasing Data from a Hard Drive
- On the menu, choose Drive Erase and press Enter.
The Drive Erase menu is displayed.
- Select the operation and press Enter.
A confirmation dialog box is displayed.
- Select YES and press Enter.
The PD Mgmt screen is displayed.
Checking the Hard Drive Erasing Process
- Select the hard drive to be viewed and press Tab.
Move the cursor to <GoToPage:2>, as shown in Figure 8-180.
- Press Enter.
The PAGE-2 screen is displayed, as shown in Figure 8-181. You can view the erase process of the hard drive.
Pre-removing a Hard Drive
On the menu, choose Prepare for Removal and press Enter.
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