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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