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IDE ATA disk drives

The information displayed for each IDE ATA disk drive entry in the submenu includes condition
graphic and disk drive 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, then “Device unknown” displays and driver software or
the Storage Agents might need to be updated. Select any of the disk drives from the submenu
to display more information about the disk drives.

The following information is displayed for all disk drives:

Model—Displays the model of the disk drive.

Status—Displays the current status of the disk drive. The following values are valid:
— OK—The disk drive is operating normally.
— S.M.A.R.T. Error—The S.M.A.R.T. predictive failure monitoring predicts imminent

failure of this disk drive. Schedule replacement before actual failure occurs.

— Failed—The disk drive has failed and must be replaced.
— Unknown—The Storage Agents cannot determine the status of the disk drive. You

might need to upgrade your driver software or Storage Agents.

S.M.A.R.T. Support—Indicates whether S.M.A.R.T. support is available for this disk drive.
The following values are valid:
— Available—This drive supports predictive failure monitoring.
— Not Available—This drive does not support predictive failure monitoring.
— Unknown—The Storage Agents cannot determine if the drive supports predictive failure

monitoring. You might need to upgrade your driver or Storage Agents.

Serial Number—Displays the serial number of the disk drive.

Firmware Revision—Displays the firmware version of the disk drive.

Capacity—Displays the size of the drive.

Transfer Mode—Displays the data transfer mode of the disk drive. The following values
are valid:
— PIO Mode 0—The data transfer mode is programmed input/output mode 0.
— PIO Mode 1—The data transfer mode is programmed input/output mode 1.
— PIO Mode 2—The data transfer mode is programmed input/output mode 2.
— PIO Mode 3—The data transfer mode is programmed input/output mode 3.
— PIO Mode 4—The data transfer mode is programmed input/output mode 4.
— DMA Mode 0—The data transfer mode is direct memory access mode 0.
— DMA Mode 1—The data transfer mode is direct memory access mode 1.
— DMA Mode 2—The data transfer mode is direct memory access mode 2.
— Ultra DMA Mode 0—The data transfer mode is ultra direct memory access mode 0.
— Ultra DMA Mode 1—The data transfer mode is ultra direct memory access mode 1.
— Ultra DMA Mode 2—The data transfer mode is ultra direct memory access mode 2.
— Ultra DMA Mode 3—The data transfer mode is ultra direct memory access mode 3.
— Ultra DMA Mode 4—The data transfer mode is ultra direct memory access mode 4.
— Ultra DMA Mode 5—The data transfer mode is ultra direct memory access mode 5.
— Unknown—The Storage Agents cannot determine the disk drive data transfer mode.

OS Assigned Name—Displays the operating system name associated with this disk drive.

Disk Type—Indicates the type of disk drive. The following values are valid:
— ATA—The disk is a parallel ATA disk drive.
— SATA—The disk is a Serial ATA disk drive.
— Unknown—The Storage Agents cannot determine the disk type.

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