Monitoring Storage Devices Using Racadm; Monitoring Backplane Using Idrac Settings Utility; Viewing Storage Device Topology; Managing Physical Disks - Dell iDRAC 8 User Manual

• Go to Overview → Storage → Summary to view the summary of the storage components and the recently logged events. This
page is automatically refreshed every 30 seconds.
• Go to Overview → Storage → Topology to view the hierarchical physical containment view of the key storage components.
• Go to Overview → Storage → Physical Disks → Properties to view physical disk information. The Physical Disks Properties
page is displayed.
• Go to Overview → Storage → Virtual Disks → Properties to view virtual disks information. The Virtual Disks Properties page
is displayed.
• Go to Overview → Storage → Controllers → Properties to view the RAID controller information. The Controllers Properties
page is displayed.
• Go to Overview → Storage → Enclosures → Properties to view the enclosure information. The Enclosures Properties page is
displayed.
You can also use filters to view specific device information.
For more information on the displayed properties and to use the filter options, see iDRAC Online Help.

Monitoring storage devices using RACADM

To view the storage device information, use the storage command.
For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.

Monitoring backplane using iDRAC settings utility

In the iDRAC Settings utility, go to System Summary. The iDRAC Settings.System Summary page is displayed. The Backplane
Inventory section displays the backplane information. For information about the fields, see the iDRAC Settings Utility Online Help.

Viewing storage device topology

You can view the hierarchical physical containment view of the key storage components, that is, a list of controllers, enclosures
connected to the controller and a link to the physical disk contained in each enclosure. The physical disks attached directly to the
controller are also displayed.
To view the storage device topology, go to Overview → Storage → Topology. The Topology page displays the hierarchical
representation of the storage components in the system.
Click the links to view the respective component details.

Managing physical disks

You can perform the following for physical disks:
• View physical disk properties.
• Assign or unassign physical disk as a global hot-spare.
• Convert to RAID capable disk.
• Convert to non-RAID disk.
• Blink or unblink the LED.
Related links
Inventorying and monitoring storage devices

Assigning or unassigning physical disk as global hot spare

Assigning or unassigning physical disk as global hot spare
A global hot spare is an unused backup disk that is part of the disk group. Hot spares remain in standby mode. When a physical disk
that is used in a virtual disk fails, the assigned hot spare is activated to replace the failed physical disk without interrupting the
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