Virtual Disk Properties
The virtual disk properties can vary depending on the model of the controller.
Property | Definition |
Status | These icons represent the severity or health of
the storage component.
For more information, see Storage Component Severity. |
Name | Displays the virtual disk name. |
State | Displays the status of the virtual disk. Possible
values are:
|
Partitions | This property displays whether the virtual disk has a partition. The possible values are Not Available and Link to the Partitions information page. |
Virtual Disk Bad Block | Displays whether the virtual disk has bad blocks. |
Encrypted | Displays whether the virtual disk is encrypted. The possible values are Yes and No. |
Hot Spare Policy Violated | Displays whether the Hot Spare Protection Policy
has been violated. NOTE: This property is displayed only if you set any Hot Spare Protection
Policy. For more information, see Setting Hot Spare
Protection Policy. |
Layout | Displays the RAID level. |
Size | Displays the total capacity of the virtual disk. The algorithm for calculating the virtual disk size rounds a value of 0.005 or less, down to 0.00 and a value between 0.006 and 0.009, up to 0.01. For example, a virtual disk size of 819.725 is rounded down to 819.72. A virtual disk size of 819.726 is rounded up to 819.73. |
Device Name | Displays the operating system device name for this object. |
Bus Protocol | Displays the technology that the physical disks
included in the virtual disk are using. Possible values are:
|
Media | Displays the media type of the physical disks
present in the virtual disk. The possible values are:
NOTE: You cannot
have a mix of HDD and SSD media on a virtual disk. Also, you cannot
have a mix of SAS and SATA drives on the virtual disk. |
Read Policy | Displays the read policy that the controller is using for the selected virtual disk. See RAID Controller Read, Write, Cache, and Disk Cache Policy. |
Write Policy | Displays the write policy that the controller is using for the selected virtual disk. See RAID Controller Read, Write, Cache, and Disk Cache Policy. |
Cache Policy | Displays the cache policy that the controller is using for the selected virtual disk. See RAID Controller Read, Write, Cache, and Disk Cache Policy. |
Stripe Size | Displays the stripe size of the virtual disk. |
Disk Cache Policy | Displays whether the disk cache policy of the physical disks that is part of the virtual disk is enabled or disabled. See RAID Controller Read, Write, Cache, and Disk Cache Policy. |