Physical Disk States - Dell PowerVault MD3200i Owner's Manual

NOTE:
The MD3200i Series storage enclosure must contain at least two physical
disks for proper operation. This is necessary because the physical disks are used to
store configuration information.

Physical Disk States

Table 4-1 describes the various states of the physical disk, which are
recognized by the storage array and reported in the MDSM application.
Table 4-1. RAID Controller Physical Disk States
Status Mode
Optimal Assigned
Optimal Unassigned
Optimal Hot Spare
standby
Optimal Hot Spare in
use
Failed Assigned,
Unassigned,
Hot Spare in
use, or Hot
Spare standby
Replaced Assigned
Pending Assigned,
Failure Unassigned,
Hot spare in
use, or Hot
Spare standby
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Planning: MD3200i Series Storage Array Terms and Concepts
Description
The physical disk in the indicated slot
is configured as part of a disk group.
The physical disk in the indicated slot
is unused and available to be
configured.
The physical disk in the indicated slot
is configured as a hot spare.
The physical disk in the indicated slot
is in use as a hot spare within a disk
group.
The physical disk in the indicated slot
has failed because of an unrecoverable
error, an incorrect drive type or drive
size, or by its operational state being
set to failed.
The physical disk in the indicated slot
is replaced and is ready to be, or is
actively being configured into a disk
group.
A Self-Monitoring Analysis and
Reporting Technology (SMART) error
is detected on the physical disk in the
indicated slot.
Physical Disk
Status LED
Steady Green
Steady Green
Steady Green
Steady Green
Amber flashing
(150 ms)
Green flashing
(On 400 ms, Off
100 ms)
Green flashing
(500 ms), Amber
(500 ms), and Off
(1000 ms)