HP Insight Management Agents - Manual (Page 32)

Storage Agent
IDE Controllers
Select an IDE controller entry from the Mass Storage list to display a submenu containing separate
entries for IDE controller information, IDE ATA disk drives connected to the controller, and IDE
ATAPI devices connected to the controller. Device types include disks, DVD/CD-ROM drives,
tape drives, processors, scanners, optical drives, WORM drives, and so on. The following items
might appear depending on the type of controller:
• IDE controller information
• IDE ATAPI devices
• IDE ATA disk drives
• IDE ATA logical drives
IDE controller information
Select a controller entry from the Mass Storage list to display the following information:
• Model—Displays the controller’s model string, used for identification purposes
• Slot—Displays the physical slot number where the controller is installed in the system or
N/A if slot number is not available
• Firmware Version—Displays the firmware version of the controller
IDE ATAPI devices
The information displayed for each IDE ATAPI device entry in the submenu includes condition
graphic and device location: Primary or Secondary channel, Master device 0 or Slave device 1.
If the Storage Agents cannot determine the channel then “Channel unknown” displays. If the
device position cannot be determined, “Device unknown” displays and the driver software or
the Storage Agents might need to be updated. Select any of the devices from the submenu to
display more information about the devices. The following information displays for all devices:
• Device Type—Identifies the type of ATAPI device. The following values are valid:
— Disk—A direct-access device, such as a disk drive.
— Removable Media Disk—A removable media device, such as a floppy disk drive.
— Tape—A sequential-access device, such as a tape drive.
— Printer—A printer device.
— Processor—An operating device, such as a central processing unit or ProLiant Storage
System.
— WORM drive—A write-once, read-many times device.
— DVD/CD-ROM—A DVD-ROM or CD-ROM device. It can be a read-only device or a
read-write device.
— PD-CD Drive—A combination CD-ROM drive and removable media read-write drive.
— Scanner—A scanning device.
— Optical—An optical memory or storage device.
— Jukebox—A media-changer device, such as a tape or CD library.
— Communications Device—A communications device, such as a LAN bridge.
— Unknown—The Storage Agents could not determine the device type. You might need
to upgrade your support software or Storage Agents.
• Model—Displays the model of the device.
• Firmware Revision—Displays the firmware version of the device.
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