APC iSCSI SATA II Vendor Serial Type Write cache Standby, PD operations description

Vendor

Serial

Type

Write cache

Standby

a global spare of all RGs.

“RS” Æ ReServe. The hard drive contains the RG information but cannot be used. It may be caused by an uncompleted RG set, or hot-plug of this disk in the running time. In order to protect the data in the disk, the status changes to reserve. It can be reused after setting it to “FR” manually.

Hard drive vendor.

Hard drive serial number.

Hard drive type. “SATA” Æ SATA disk. “SATA2” Æ SATA II disk.

Hard drive write cache is enabled or disabled.

HDD auto spin-down to save power. The default value is disabled.

PD operations description:

Set Free disk Make the selected hard drive to be free for use.

Set Global spare

Set Dedicated spares

Set property

More information

Set the selected hard drive as global spare of all RGs.

Set the hard drive as dedicated spare of selected RG.

Change the status of write cache and standby. Write cache options:

“Enabled” Æ Enable disk write cache. “Disabled” Æ Disable disk write cache. Standby options:

“Disabled” Æ Disable spin-down.

“30 sec / 1 min / 5 min / 30 min” Æ Enable hard drive auto spin-down to save power in the period of time.

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