Server Administrator Storage Management 8.2 User’s Guide

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Physical Disks In Foreign Virtual Disks

The Physical Disks in Foreign Virtual Disks page displays the physical disks and the dedicated hot spare, if any, included in the foreign configuration.

The following table describes the properties for physical disks in the foreign configuration.

Table 1. Physical Disk Properties
Property	Definition
Status	These icons represent the severity or health of the storage component. — Normal/OK — Warning / Non-critical — Critical/Failure/Error For more information, see Storage Component Severity .
Name	Displays the name of the physical disk. The name is comprised of the connector number followed by the disk number.
State	Displays the current state of the physical disk.
After Import State	Displays the after-import state of the physical disk. The physical disk can be imported in any of the following states: Online — The physical disk is part of the imported virtual disk and functions normally. Offline — The physical disk is offline after import to the virtual disk. Foreign — The virtual disk containing the physical disk cannot be imported and the physical disk remains in foreign state. Rebuild — After import of virtual disk, the physical disk rebuilds. Replacing — A Replace Member Disk task is performed on the physical disk. For more information on replacing a member disk, see Replacing A Member Disk and Enabling Revertible Hot Spare .
Capacity	Displays the capacity of the disk.
Failure Predicted	Displays whether the physical disk has received a Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) alert and is therefore predicted to fail. For more information on SMART predictive failure analysis, see Monitoring Disk Reliability On RAID Controllers . For information on replacing the physical disk, see Replacing A Physical Disk Receiving SMART Alerts . You may also want to review the alert log to see whether the physical disk has generated alerts pertaining to a SMART predictive failure. These alerts can assist you in identifying the cause of the SMART alert. The following alerts may be generated in response to a SMART alert: 2094 2106 2107 2108 2109 2110 2111 For information on alert messages, see the Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide.
Progress	Displays the progress of an operation being performed on the physical disk.
Bus Protocol	Displays the technology that the physical disk is using. Possible values are: SAS — Serial Attached SCSI SATA — Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
Device Protocol	Displays the device protocol of the physical device, such as Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe).
Certified	Indicates that the drive has firmware which has been tested and fully qualified by the service provider. Drives that are not certified by the service provider may work but, are not supported and recommended for use in servers.
Media	Displays the media type of the physical disk. The possible values are: HDD — Hard Disk Drive. An HDD is a non-volatile storage device which stores digitally-encoded data on rapidly rotating platters with magnetic surfaces. SSD — Solid-State Drive. An SSD is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. Unknown — Storage Management is unable to determine the media type of the physical disk.
Used RAID Disk Space	Displays the amount of the physical disk space that is used by the virtual disks on the controller. This property is not applicable for physical disks attached to non-RAID controllers. In certain circumstances, the Used RAID Disk Space displays a value of zero (0) even though a portion of the physical disk is actually being used. This occurs when the used space is 0.005GB or less. The algorithm for calculating the used disk space rounds off a figure of 0.005GB or less than zero. Used disk space that is between 0.006GB and 0.009GB is rounded off to 0.01GB.
Available RAID Disk Space	Displays the amount of available space on the disk. This property is not applicable for physical disks attached to non-RAID controllers.
Hot Spare	Indicates whether the disk has been assigned as a hot spare. This property is not applicable for physical disks attached to non-RAID controllers.
Vendor ID	Displays the hardware vendor of the disk.
Product ID	Displays the product ID of the device.
Firmware Revision	Displays the firmware version of the physical device.
Serial No.	Displays the serial number of the disk.
PCIe Negotiated Link Speed	Displays the current negotiated transfer speed of the physical device in GT/s.
PCIe Maximum Link Speed	Displays the capable transfer speed of the physical device in GT/s.
Manufacture Day	Displays the day of the month on which the physical disk was manufactured.
Manufacture Week	Displays the week of the year during which the physical disk was manufactured.
Manufacture Year	Displays the year in which the physical disk was manufactured.
SAS Address	Displays the SAS address of the physical disk. The SAS address is unique to each SAS disk.
After Import Status	Displays the status of the physical disk after importing the foreign configuration. Possible values are: Foreign Online Offline Replaced Rebuild
Encryption Capable	Displays whether the physical disk is a Self Encryption Disk (SED). The possible values are Yes and No.
Encrypted	Displays whether the physical disk is encrypted to the controller. The possible values are Yes and No. For a non-SED the value is N/A.
Part Number	Displays the unique Bill Of Materials assignment number for a physical disk. The numbers four through eight represent the service provider part number for that model drive.
PCIe Negotiated Link Width	Displays the current negotiated link width of the physical device.
PCIe Maximum Link Width	Displays the capable link width of the physical device.