Viewing Physical Disk Properties - Dell PowerEdge User Manual

Viewing physical disk properties

The View Physical Disk Properties screen allows you to view the properties of physical disk and also provides details about the associated
virtual disks.
In the System Setup Main Menu, click Device Settings > Dell PERC S140 Configuration Utility > Physical Disk Management > View
Physical Disk Properties. The table explains the View Physical Disk Properties screen details:
Table 12. View Physical Disk Properties
Menu Item
Select Interface Type
Select Physical Disk
Physical Disk Properties
Physical disk ID
Form Factor
State
Size
SMART status
Revision
Device Type
Certified (SATA Drives only)
Connector Port (SATA Drives only)
Disk Write Cache (SATA Drives only)
Hot Spare
Available Space
Used Space
Device Protocol
Media Type
Disk Sector Size
Negotiated Physical Disk Transfer speed
(SATA Drives only)
Dell Part Number
Serial Number of Disk
Hardware Vendor
Model Number
Manufacturing Date
Associated Virtual Disks
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Description
Allows you to select the disk type, the options are SATA and NVMe.
Allows you to select the physical disks from the drop-down menu.
Displays information about the physical disk properties.
Displays the ID of the physical disk.
Displays the form-factor of the physical disk.
Displays if it is a RAID capable disk or a Non-RAID disk.
Displays the total storage space of the physical disk.
Displays if the SMART feature is enabled or disabled for the physical disk.
Displays the revision.
Displays the device type.
Displays if the physical disk is Dell certified or not.
Displays the port number in which the SATA physical disk is installed.
Displays if the disk cache is enabled or disabled.
Displays if the physical disk is assigned as a hot spare.
Displays the free space of the respective physical disk.
Displays the used space of the respective physical disk.
Displays if the protocol of the physical disks.
Displays the type of disk selected.
Displays the type of sector size enabled.
Displays the speed at which the data is transferred.
Displays the part number of the physical disk.
Displays the serial number of the physical disk.
Displays the information about the hardware vendor.
Displays the model number of the physical disk.
Displays the manufacturing date of the physical disk.
Displays the disk ID, RAID level, size and status of the associated virtual disk.