Viewing Virtual Drive Properties
Select a virtual drive from a drive group in the Controller dashboard to view its properties.

Property | Description | MegaRAID | iMegaRAID | SoftwareRAID | Initiator- Target |
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Status | The current status of the virtual drive. These options are available:
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Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Current Read Cache Status | The read cache policy for the virtual drive. These options are available:
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Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Current Write Cache Status | The write cache policy for the virtual drive. These are available:
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Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Current IO Status | The input/output policy for the virtual drive. These options are available:
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Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Host Access Policy
Note:
This property appears only if the controller supports High Availability DAS. |
Indicates whether the virtual drive is shared between the servers in a cluster. The values for this property are Shared, Exclusive, and Exclusive to Peer Controller. | No | No | No | No |
Peer Has No Access
Note:
This property appears only if the controller supports High Availability DAS. |
Indicates whether the peer controller has access to the shared virtual drive. This property appears only if the virtual drive is shared. | No | No | No | No |
Access Policy | The access policy for the virtual drive. These options are available:
The Hidden policy is applicable for only hidden virtual drives. No other access policies are applicable after you select Hidden as the access policy. |
Yes | Yes | No | No |
Drive Cache | The virtual drive cache setting. These options are available:
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Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Data Protection | Indicates whether data protection feature is enabled for the virtual drive. | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
SSD Caching | Indicates whether SSD caching is enabled. | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Default Write Cache Policy |
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Default Read Cache Policy |
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Default IO Policy |
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1 Write cache of the LUN is not supported by all target enclosures. Refer your enclosure's documentation to determine whether Write Cache is supported on your device.