MegaRAID Storage Manager Main Menu : Dashboard/Physical View/Logical View

Dashboard/Physical View/Logical View

The left panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window displays the Dashboard view, the Physical view, or the Logical view of the system and the attached devices, depending on which tab is selected.

Dashboard View

The Dashboard view shows an overview of the system and covers the following features:

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Properties of the virtual drives and the physical drives

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Total capacity, configured capacity, and unconfigured capacity

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Background operations in progress

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The MegaRAID Storage Manager software features and their status (enabled or disabled)

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Actions you can perform, such as creating a virtual drive and updating firmware

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Links to online help

Figure 13. MegaRAID Storage Manager Dashboard View

Physical View

The Physical view shows the hierarchy of physical devices in the system. At the top of the hierarchy is the system itself, followed by the controller and the backplane. One or more controllers are installed in the system. The controller label identifies the Nytro controller, so that you can easily differentiate between multiple controllers. Each controller has one or more ports. Drives and other devices are attached to the ports. The properties for each item appear in the right panel of the screen.

Figure 14. MegaRAID Storage Manager Physical View

Logical View

The Logical view shows the hierarchy of controllers, virtual drives, and the drives and drive groups that make up the virtual drives. The properties for these components appear in the right panel.

The following figure shows the Logical view.

Figure 15. MegaRAID Storage Manager Logical View