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Dell PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Administrator’s Guide

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Front view

The Front tab shows the front of all enclosures in a graphical view.

For each enclosure, the front view shows the enclosure ID and other information. For each drawer, the front view shows the drawer ID and other information. To see more information about an enclosure, drawer, or disks, hover the cursor over an enclosure ear, drawer, or a disk. To illuminate a locator LED for an enclosure or disk, select one or more components and click Turn On LEDs. To turn off individual locator LEDs, select the components and click Turn Off LEDs. To turn off all locator LEDs, ensure that no components are selected and click Turn Off LEDs.

Table 1. Enclosure Information and Disk Information panelsEnclosure information and disk information panels
Panel Information displayed
Enclosure Information ID, status, vendor model, disk count, WWN, midplane serial number, revision, part number, manufacturing date, manufacturing location, EMP A revision, EMP B revision, EMP A bus ID, EMP B bus ID, EMP A target ID, EMP B target ID, midplane type, enclosure power (watts), PCIe 2-capable, health
Disk Information Location, serial number, usage, description, size, status, RPM (spinning disk only), SSD life left, manufacturer, model, revision, power on hours, FDE state, FDE lock key, job running, sector format, transfer rate, SMART, drive spin down count, health
Drawer Information

General: Name, drawer position, number of disks, ID, status, WWN, health

Left sideplane: Name, status, path ID, expanders, name and status of each expander

Right sideplane: Name, status, path ID, expanders, name and status of each expander

If the health of a component is not good, the health reason, recommended action, and unhealthy subcomponents are shown to help you resolve problems.

The following are descriptions of some Disk Information panel items:

  • Power On Hours – Total number of hours that the disk has been powered on since it was manufactured. This value is updated in 30-minute increments.
  • FDE State – FDE state of the disk. For more information about FDE states, see the Dell PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System CLI Guide.
  • FDE lock keys – FDE lock keys are generated from the FDE passphrase and manage locking and unlocking the FDE-capable disks in the system. Clearing the lock keys and power cycling the system denies access to data on the disks.

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