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Physical Devices View
This view displays information about the drives, enclosures, and other physical devices attached to the controller. The devices are organized numerically. The display for each channel or port includes information on maximum speed, the number of the channels on the controller, and the number of devices attached to the controller.
Indicators, next to the controller name, report status of the fan and temperature modules on
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For example, the fan indicator changes to yellow when one fan fails; it changes to red when a second fan fails and cooling is no longer adequate.
Logical Devices View
This view displays information about the logical devices created using the physical devices, including the number of logical devices, the RAID level of each device, and whether a logical device is protected by a hot spare.
You can create and delete logical devices in the Logical devices view by selecting the Create option and using the Create wizard.
Changing How Drives are Displayed
You can choose how information is displayed in the Physical devices view by clicking one of the following buttons in the Logical devices view.
Displays physical device information in text format. This is the default view.
Displays physical device information in full size capacity format. A full- length bar is displayed for each drive, regardless of capacity. A small segment on each drive is reserved for the RAID signature; this area is indicated by a gray cap at the end of each bar.
Note: Note: A drive shaded in light blue is not part of any disk group.
Displays physical device information in relative size capacity format. A full- length bar is displayed for the largest drive; proportionally shorter bars are displayed for other drives.
