Viewing Enclosure Properties

From the Other Hardware tab, under Enclosures, select an enclosure to view its properties.

The following figure and table describe the enclosure basic and advanced properties.

Figure 1. Enclosure Properties

If you have selected multiple virtual drives or multiple physical drives, you must click the (Expand button) to perform actions, such as starting a a consistency check and so on. This is applicable for all the scenarios where you have selected multiple virtual drives or multiple physical drives and are performing certain actions through the Actions dialog.

Table 1. Enclosure Properties
Property Description
Vendor ID The vendor-assigned ID number of the enclosure.
ID The ID of the enclosure in which the drive is located.
Type The type of the enclosure.
Serial Number The serial number of the enclosure.
Product ID The product ID of the enclosure.
Location Indicates whether the drive is attached to an internal connector or an external connector of the enclosure.
Connector Indicates the connector name and size of wide port.

Single Path:

[Port 0-3 x4] – Single x4

Multipath:

[Port 0-3 x4] & [Port 4-7 x4]– Two x4

Wide Ports:

[Port 0-3 & Port 4-7 x8]– Single x8 wide port

Single Drive:

[Port 0-3 x1]

Position The position of the enclosure.
Product Revision Level The revision level of the enclosure's firmware.
Number of Slots Total number of available slots.
SAS Address The SAS address of the enclosure.
Fan count Total number of fans that are connected.
Temperature Sensors Count Total number of temperature sensors that are connected.
Power Supplies Count Total number of power supplies that are connected.
Voltage Sensors Count Total number of voltage sensors that are connected.