Physical Disks in Foreign Virtual Disks

The Physical Disks in Foreign Virtual Disks page displays the physical disks and the dedicated hot spare, if any, in the foreign configuration.

The following table describes the properties for physical disks in the foreign configuration.

Table 1. Physical Disk Properties
Property Definition
Status These icons represent the severity or health of the storage component.
  • NormalNormal/OK
  • WarningWarning / Non-critical
  • CriticalCritical/Failure/Error
For more information, see Storage Component Severity.
Name Displays the name of the physical disk. The name is comprised of the connector number followed by the disk number.
State Displays the current state of the physical disk.
After Import State Displays the after-import state of the physical disk. The physical disk can be imported in any of the following states:
  • Online — The physical disk is part of the imported virtual disk and functions normally.
  • Offline — The physical disk is offline after import to the virtual disk.
  • Foreign — The virtual disk containing the physical disk cannot be imported and the physical disk remains in foreign state.
  • Rebuild — After import of virtual disk, the physical disk rebuilds.
  • Replacing — A Replace Member Disk task is performed on the physical disk. For more information about replacing a member disk, see Replacing a Member Disk and Enabling Revertible Hot Spare.
Capacity Displays the capacity of the disk.
Failure Predicted Displays whether the physical disk has received a Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) alert and is therefore predicted to fail. For more information about SMART predictive failure analysis, see Monitoring Disk Reliability on RAID controllers. For information about replacing the physical disk, see Replacing a Physical Disk receiving SMART alerts. You may also want to review the alert log to see whether the physical disk has generated alerts pertaining to a SMART predictive failure. These alerts can assist you in identifying the cause of the SMART alert. The following alerts may be generated in response to a SMART alert:
  • 2094
  • 2109
For information about alert messages, see the Dell OpenMange Message Reference Guide.
Progress Displays the progress of an operation being performed on the physical disk.
Bus Protocol Displays the technology that the physical disk is using. Possible values are:
  • SAS — Serial Attached SCSI
  • SATA — Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
  • PCIe -- Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
Device Protocol Displays the device protocol of the physical device, such as Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe).
NOTE: This feature is not applicable to drives connected to PERC and software RAID that have RAID capabilities. In this case, refer to "Bus Protocol" and "Media" from the same drives.
Certified Indicates that the drive has firmware which has been tested and fully qualified by the service provider. Drives that are not certified by the service provider may work but, are not supported and recommended for use in servers.
Media Displays the media type of the physical disk. The possible values are:
  • HDD — Hard Disk Drive. An HDD is a non-volatile storage device which stores digitally encoded data on rapidly rotating platters with magnetic surfaces.
  • SSD — Solid-State Drive. An SSD is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data.
  • Unknown — Storage Management is unable to determine the media type of the physical disk.
Used RAID Disk Space Displays the amount of the physical disk space that is used by the virtual disks on the controller. This property is not applicable for physical disks that are attached to non-RAID controllers. In certain circumstances, the Used RAID Disk Space displays a value of zero (0) even though a portion of the physical disk is actually being used. This occurs when the used space is 0.005 GiB or less. The algorithm for calculating the used disk space rounds off a figure of 0.005 GiB or less than zero. Used disk space that is between 0.006 GiB and 0.009 GiB is rounded off to 0.01 GiB.
Available RAID Disk Space Displays the amount of available space on the disk. This property is not applicable for physical disks attached to non-RAID controllers.
Hot Spare Indicates whether the disk has been assigned as a hot spare. This property is not applicable for physical disks attached to non-RAID controllers.
Vendor ID Displays the hardware vendor of the disk.
NOTE: For NVMe drives, the Vendor ID value is displayed as the vendor name on Information/Configuration page. For SAS or SATA drives, the Vendor ID value is displayed as the Dell or Dell (tm) on Information/Configuration page.
Product ID Displays the product ID of the device.
Firmware Revision Displays the firmware version of the physical device.
Serial No. Displays the serial number of the disk.
PCIe Negotiated Link Speed Displays the current negotiated transfer speed of the physical device in GT/s.
PCIe Maximum Link Speed Displays the capable transfer speed of the physical device in GT/s.
Manufacture Day Displays the day of the month on which the physical disk was manufactured.
Manufacture Week Displays the week of the year during which the physical disk was manufactured.
Manufacture Year Displays the year in which the physical disk was manufactured.
SAS Address Displays the SAS address of the physical disk. The SAS address is unique to each SAS disk.
After Import Status Displays the status of the physical disk after importing the foreign configuration. Possible values are:
  • Foreign
  • Online
  • Offline
  • Replaced
  • Rebuild
Encryption Capable Displays whether the physical disk is a Self Encryption Disk (SED). The possible values are Yes and No.
Encrypted Displays whether the physical disk is encrypted to the controller. The possible values are Yes and No. For a non-SED, the value is N/A.
Part Number Displays the unique Bill Of Materials assignment number for a physical disk. The numbers four through eight represent the service provider part number for that model drive.
PCIe Negotiated Link Width Displays the current negotiated link width of the physical device.
PCIe Maximum Link Width Displays the capable link width of the physical device.