Viewing Virtual Disks Properties And Policies - Dell PowerEdge User Manual

Apply Disk Write Cache Settings
View Associated Physical Disk

Viewing virtual disks properties and policies

The View Virtual Disk Properties screen allows you to view the virtual disk properties and the policies.
In the System Setup Main Menu, click Device Settings > Dell PERC S140 Configuration Utility > Virtual Disk Management > View
Virtual Disk Properties.
The table explains the View Virtual Disk Properties screen details:
Menu Item Description
Select Interface Allows you to select the disk interface type. The options are SATA and NVMe.
Type
Select Virtual Disk Allows you to select the virtual disk from the drop-down menu.
Virtual Disk Displays the ID, RAID Level, Status, Capacity, and the Sector Size of the virtual disk.
Properties
Virtual Disk ID Displays the virtual disk ID.
RAID level Displays the RAID level associated with the virtual disk.
Virtual Disk Status Displays the status of the virtual disk.
Virtual Disk Displays the capacity of the virtual disk.
Capacity
Sector Size Displays the sector size enabled.
Virtual Disk Policies Displays the read and write cache policies of the virtual disk and the write cache policy of the associated physical
(SATA drives only) disk.
Read Cache Policy Displays the read cache policies associated with the virtual disk.
(SATA drives only)
Write Cache Policy Displays the write cache policies associated with the virtual disk.
(SATA drives only)
Physical Disk Write Displays the physical disk which is associated with the specific virtual disk.
Cache (SATA drives
only)
Associated Physical Displays the associated physical disk's properties.
Disks
34 UEFI RAID configuration utility
Allows you to apply the new write cache policy for the Physical disk.
Clicking this link displays the physical disk that is associated with the selected virtual disk
NOTE: Virtual disk in failed status are only listed in Manage Virtual Disk Properties screen.