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 7. Basic and Advanced Controller Properties

Property

Description

MegaRAID

iMegaRAID

Software RAID

IntegratedRAID

Initiator-Target

Serial Number

The serial number of the controller.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SAS Address

The SAS address of the controller.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Alarm

Enables or disables the alarm.

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Driver Version

The driver version of the controller.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Vendor ID

A unique controller ID assigned to a specific vendor.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sub Vendor ID

Additional vendor ID information about the controller.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Device ID

The device ID that is assigned by the manufacturer.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Host Interface

The type of interface used by the computer host system.

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

NVRAM Present

Indicates if a nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM) is present on the controller.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NVRAM Size

Indicates the capacity of the controller's NVRAM.

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

BIOS Version

The BIOS version of the controller.

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

SSD Guard on SMART Error

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

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Shield State Supported

Indicates whether t controller supports the shield state.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Energy Pack

Indicates if the energy pack is present.

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Power State Properties

Power savings on unconfigured drives

Indicates if the power savings on the unconfigured drives is enabled.

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

No

No

Drive Standby Time

Shows the drive standby time in minutes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Power Information Properties

Data Protection

Indicates if data protection is enabled

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Firmware Properties

Firmware Package Version

The firmware package version of the controller

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Firmware Build Time

The last firmware build time.

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Online Firmware Update

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

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Firmware Version

The firmware version of the controller.

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Drive Security Properties

Drive Security Capable

Indicates the drive security (encryption) feature status on the controller

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Drive Security Enabled

Indicates whether the drive security is enabled

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Emergency Spare Properties

Emergency Spare

Indicates the Emergency Spare controller properties. It can be set to Unconfigured Good orUnconfigured Good and Global Hotspare.

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Emergency for SMARTer

Indicates if emergency hot spare drives are commissioned for predictive analysis

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

CacheCade Properties

CacheCade SSD Caching

Indicates if SSD Caching feature is enabled.

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Write Cache Capable

Indicates if write cache feature is enabled

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Total Cache Size

Total available cache size

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Maximum Cache Size

Maximum available cache size.

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Personality Properties

Current personality

Shows current personality mode.

Yes

No

No

No

No

Requested Personality

Shows requested personality mode for which reboot is pending.

Yes

No

No

No

No

Current Mode

Shows current behavior mode.

Yes

No

No

No

No