Dell PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System CLI Guide

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spares-preview

This basetype is used by add storage when the preview parameter is specified.

Table 1. spares-preview properties
Name	Type	Description
location	string	Disk enclosure ID and slot number.
type	string	Disk description. SAS: Enterprise SAS spinning disk. SAS MDL: Midline SAS spinning disk. SSD SAS: SAS solid-state disk.
type-numeric	uint32	Numeric equivalents for description values. 4: SAS 8: SSD SAS 11: SAS MDL
tier	string	Archive: The disk group is in the lowest storage tier, which uses midline spinning SAS disks (<10k RPM, high capacity). Performance: The disk group is in the highest storage tier, which uses SSDs (high speed). Read Cache: The disk is an SSD providing high-speed read cache for a storage pool. Standard: The disk group is in the storage tier that uses enterprise-class spinning SAS disks (10k/15k RPM, higher capacity)
tier-numeric	uint32	Numeric equivalents for storage-tier values. 0: N/A 1: Permance 2: Standard 4: Archive 8: Read Cache
size	string	Disk group capacity, formatted to use the current base, precision, and units.
size-numeric	uint64	Unformatted size value in blocks.
rpm	uint32	The speed of a spinning disk, in thousands of revolutions per minute, as specified by the disk vendor. For an SSD, 0 is shown.
sector-format	string	The disk sector format. 512n: The disk uses 512-byte native sector size. Each logical block and physical block is 512 bytes. 512e: The disk uses 512-byte emulated sector size. Each logical block is 512 bytes and each physical block is 4096 bytes. Eight logical blocks will be stored sequentially in each physical block. Logical blocks may or may not be aligned with physical block boundaries.
sector-format-numeric	uint32	Numeric equivalents for sector-format values. 0: 512n 1: 512e
fde-state	string	The FDE state of the disk Unknown: The FDE state is unknown. Not FDE Capable: The disk is not FDE-capable Not Secured: The disk is not secured. Secured, Unlocked: The system is secured and the disk is unlocked. Secured, Locked: The system is secured and the disk is locked to data access, preventing its use. FDE Protocol Failure: A temporary state that can occur while the system is securing the disk.
fde-state-numeric	uint32	Numeric equivalents for fde-state values. 0: Not FDE Capable 1: Not Secured 2: Secured, Unlocked 3: Secure, Locked 4: FDE Protocol Failure 5: Unknown