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Spare drives, Physical drives, Sas tape drive – HP Insight Management Agents User Manual

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Spare Drives

A list of spare drives that may be used by this logical drive to replace a failed drive. Select one
of the listed spare drives to see more information about the drive.

Physical Drives

A list of physical drives that are members of this logical drive. Select one of the listed physical
drives to see more information about the drive.

SAS Tape Drive

Select a SAS tape drive from the SAS host bus adapter submenu to display the following
information:

Model displays the model of the SAS tape drive.

Status shows the status of the tape drive selected.
— OK—The tape drive is operating normally.
— Offline—The tape drive is offline and can no longer return data. No further status is

available.

— Unknown—The Storage Agents cannot determine the status of this tape drive. You may

need to upgrade your driver software or Storage Agents.

Serial Number displays the serial number assigned to the tape drive. This value is based on
the serial number as returned by the device, but may have been shortened due to space
limitations. Use this item for identification purposes.

Firmware Version displays the firmware revision level of the SAS tape drive.

SAS Address displays the SAS address assigned to this tape drive. This item can be used
for identification purposes.

SAS Storage System

Select a storage system item from the SAS HBA submenu to display the following information
about storage systems.

Connection Type displays the type of drive enclosure or box. The following types of
enclosures are possible:
— SCSI Attached—This storage system is attached to the server through SCSI cable.
— SAS Attached—This storage system is attached to the server with a SAS cable.
— Unknown— The Storage Agents are unable to determine the type of connection.

Vendor displays the name of the vendor that produces this drive enclosure, or box type.
Use this information for identification purposes.

Model displays the model of the storage system. Use this information for identification
purposes.

Firmware Revision displays the firmware revision of the drive enclosure or box. Use this
information for identification purposes.

Serial Number displays the serial number of the drive enclosure or box. Use this information
for identification purposes.

Drive Bays displays the number of drive bays provided by this storage system. If duplexing
hardware is used with the storage system, the drive bay number is less than the number of
physical drive bays in the enclosure.

Fan Status displays the status of the fan subsystem in the drive enclosure, or box. The
following values are possible:
— OK - The fan subsystem is working properly.
— Failed - A fan has failed and there are not enough fans in the fan subsystem to keep the

enclosure cool. Check your fan subsystem as soon as possible. Continued operation
may cause failure of the drives.

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