Managing Controllers : Viewing Controller Properties

Viewing Controller Properties

The Controller dashboard displays basic controller properties. Click the icon to see the advanced properties of the controller.

Click the Click to download all the controller properties link to download the properties in the in the .JSON format.

The following figure and table describe the controller properties.

Table 6. Basic and Advanced Controller Properties

Property

Description

MR

Syncro (High Availability DAS)

iMR

SWR

IR

IT

Serial Number

The serial number of the controller.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SAS Address

The SAS address of the controller.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Alarm

Enables or disables the alarm.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Driver Version

The diver version of the controller.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Vendor ID

A unique controller ID assigned to a specific vendor.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sub Vendor ID

Additional vendor ID information about the controller.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Device ID

The device ID that is assigned by the manufacturer.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Host Interface

The type of interface used by the computer host system.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Meta Data Size

The total space used for metadata. The following are displayed as size units:

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NVRAM Present

Indicates if a non-volatile random-access memory (NVRAM) is present on the controller.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NVRAM Size

Indicates the capacity of the controller’s NVRAM.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

BIOS Version

The BIOS version of the controller.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

SSD Guard on SMART Error

Indicates if the SSD Guard feature is enabled on the controller.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Shield State Supported

Indicates whether the controller supports shield state.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Energy Pack

Indicates if the energy pack is present or not.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Power State Properties

Power savings on unconfigured drives

Indicates if the power savings on the unconfigured drives is enabled or not.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Power saving on hot spares

Indicates if the power savings on the hot spares is enabled or not

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Drive Standby Time

Shows the drivestandby time inminutes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Power Information Properties

Data Protection

Indicates if dataprotection isenabled

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Firmware Properties

Firmware Package Version

The firmware package version of the controller.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Firmware Build Time

The last firmware build time.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Online Firmware Update

Indicates if the Online Firmware Update Feature is enabled in the firmware.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Firmware Version

The firmware version of the controller.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

High Availability Properties

Topology Type

Indicates whetherclustering issupported or not.The values are

:Server Storage, Cluster, or None

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Cluster Nodes Incompatible

Indicates the reasonfor theincompatibilitybetween thecontrollers in acluster. The valuesare: FW LevelMismatch, HWIncompatibility,ControllerPropertyMismatch,Premium FeaturesMismatch, or None

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Maximum Controller Nodes

The maximum number of controllers in the cluster

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Domain ID

The domain ID of the two controller in a cluster. The domain ID for both the controllers is the same.

No

Yes

No

No

No

Peer Controller Status

NOTE  These properties appear only if the controller supports Hight Availability DAS.

Indicates the status of the controllers in the cluster. The values are: Active (both the servers in the cluster arerunning), Inactive (only one server inthe cluster isrunning), orIncompatible (there isincompatibilitybetween thecontrollers).

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Drive Security Properties

Drive Security Capable

Indicates the drive security (encryption) featurestatus on the controller

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Drive Security Enabled

Indicates whetherdrive security isenabled or not.

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Emergency Spare Properties

Emergency Spare

Indicates the Emergency Spare controllerproperties. It can be set to UnconfiguredGood orUnconfiguredGood and GlobalHotspare

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Emergency for SMARTer

Indicates if emergency hot spare drives arecommissioned for predictive analysis

.

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

CacheCade Properties

CacheCade SSD Caching

Indicates if SSDcaching feature isenabled.

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Write Cache Capable

Indicates if writecache feature isenabled

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Total Cache Size

Total available cache size

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Maximum Cache Size

Maximum available cache size

.

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes