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Select a smart array controller from the Storage controller list to display information for the controller.

The following information displays for each controller:

  • Model displays the type of controller name.

  • Controller Status displays the array controller board status. Many of the enumeration's values are self-explanatory. However, a few are not and are described here in more detail.

    • Stressed indicates that the element is functioning, but needs attention. Examples of "Stressed" states are overload, overheated, and so on.

    • Predictive Failure indicates that an element is functioning nominally but predicting a failure in the near future.

    • In Service describes an element being configured, maintained, cleaned, or otherwise administered.

    • No Contact indicates that the monitoring system has knowledge of this element, but has never been able to establish communications with it.

    • Lost Communication indicates that the Managed System Element is known to exist and has been contacted successfully in the past, but is currently unreachable.

    • Stopped and Aborted are similar, although the former implies a clean and orderly stop, while the latter implies an abrupt stop where the state and configuration of the element might need to be updated.

    • Dormant indicates that the element is inactive or quiescent.

    • Supporting Entity in Error indicates that this element might be "OK" but that another element, on which it is dependent, is in error. An example is a network service or endpoint that cannot function due to lower-layer networking problems.

    • Completed indicates that the element has completed its operation. This value should be combined with either OK, Error, or Degraded so that a client can tell if the complete operation Completed with OK (passed), Completed with Error (failed), or Completed with Degraded (the operation finished, but it did not complete OK or did not report an error).

    • Power Mode indicates that the element has additional power model information contained in the Associated PowerManagementService association.

  • Firmware Version lists the firmware version of the array controller. This value can be used to help identify a particular revision of the controller.

  • Serial Number displays the serial number for the array controller. Use this number for identification purposes.

  • Rebuild Priority indicates the current priority Setting for the given background controller operation. The following values are valid:

    • Low indicates the rebuild priority is low.

    • Medium indicates the rebuild priority is medium.

    • High indicates the rebuild priority is high.

    • Unknown indicates that the rebuild priority is not recognized. You may need to upgrade the Storage provider.

  • Expand Priority displays the logical drive expand priority of the controller. The following values are valid:

    • Low indicates the rebuild priority is low.

    • Medium indicates the rebuild priority is medium.

    • High indicates the rebuild priority is high.

    • Unknown indicates that the rebuild priority is not recognized. You may need to upgrade the Storage provider.

  • Number of Ports displays the number of usable SCSI ports on the controller. Sometimes port is also referred to as bus or channel. The number of ports does not indicate the number of connectors.