Table 5-6. Drive Identity page elements (continued)

Menu Item

Description

2U Library

4U Library

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCSI

Fibre

SAS

SCSI

Fibre

SAS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Control Path

If the drive communicates all messages from the host to

X

X

X

X

X

X

Drive

the library, then it is considered the control path drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the drive is the control path drive, this element

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

displays ″Yes.″ If not, this element displays ″No.″ All

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

drives in a logical library may be a control path drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data

If the drive is compressing data, this element displays

X

X

X

X

X

X

Compression

″Yes.″ If not, this element displays ″No.″

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interface

This identifies Fibre Channel drives.

 

X

 

 

X

 

Type

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Node Name

This is the Worldwide node Name assigned to a Fibre

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Worldwide

This is the Worldwide ID assigned to a SAS drive.

 

 

X

 

 

X

ID

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port A

This port is always ″enabled.″

 

X

X

 

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port Name

This is the name assigned to Port A on the drive.

 

X

X

 

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Topology

This is the type of connection to the host.

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FC-AL Loop

This is the Fibre Channel - Arbitrated Loop ID of the

 

X

 

 

X

 

ID

drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speed

This is the current speed setting of the drive. Choices

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

are Auto (where the drive will automatically negotiate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the speed of the drive to match that of the server),

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1Gb/s, 2Gb/s or 4 Gb/s.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port B

This port is enabled for full height SAS drives for

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

failover only.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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