Disk State Area: Available with state information on each disk, includ- ing:
•Ctrl Chan: Shows which RAID controller channel the disk is con- nected to.
•State: Disk state, which could be Normal, Failed and Unknown.
1.Normal: Disk online and in normal operation.
2.Failed: RAID controller identifies the disk, but can not read it or write to it.
3.Unknown: New disk or not initialized by RAID controller or freshly formatted.
•Type: Type of disk located on the RAID controller (RC_DISK,
RC_Legacy, or NEW).
•Capacity: Capacity of the disk.
•Free Space: Space available on the disk.
•Largest Free: Continuous free space segment available on the disk.
•GS: Indicating whether the disk has been designated as a Global Spare.
•Model Number: Model number of the disk.
Array State Area: Available with information on each and every RAID corresponding to each logical disk, including:
•Device: No. of disk RAID
•O.S. Name: Title designated by the operating system to the array. If the array is in a hidden state, it shows Hidden; if it is off line, it shows “??”
•Partition: Number of the corresponding disks of the operating system in the array.
•Array Name: Name given to the array.
•Type: Type of the array.
•Total Capacity: Space available in the array.
•State: The state before the array, which comes in Normal, Critical and Offline.
1.Normal: Array in normal operation.
2.Critical: One or more disk failures make array fault tolerance not available, yet the system has normal access to the array.
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