Startup and Main Windows : MegaRAID Storage Manager Main Menu Window : 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.

The Dashboard view displays an overview of the system and covers the following features, as shown in the following figure:

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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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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 the firmware

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Links to Online Help

Figure 9 Dashboard View

 

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The Physical view displays 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 MegaRAID controller, such as the MegaRAID SAS 9260-8i 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 10 Physical View

 

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

Figure 12 Logical View