Viewing Controller Properties

The Controller dashboard displays basic controller properties. Click the icon to see the advanced properties of the controller.

Click the Click to download all the controller properties link to download the properties in the in the.JSON format.

The following figure and table describe the controller properties.

Table 1. Basic and Advanced Controller Properties
Property Description MegaRAID iMegaRAID Software RAID IntegratedRAID Initiator-Target
Serial Number The serial number of the controller. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SAS Address The SAS address of the controller. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Alarm Enables or disables the alarm. Yes Yes No No No
Driver Version The driver version of the controller. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Vendor ID A unique controller ID assigned to a specific vendor. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sub Vendor ID Additional vendor ID information about the controller. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Device ID The device ID that is assigned by the manufacturer. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Host Interface The type of interface used by the computer host system. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Meta Data Size The total space used for metadata. The following are displayed as size units:
  • If the size is less than 1 MB (1024 KB), the size is displayed in KB.

  • If the size is greater than or equal to 1 MB but less than 1 GB (1024 MB), the size is displayed in MB.

  • If the size is greater than or equal to 1 GB but less than 1 TB (1024 GB), the size is displayed in GB.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NVRAM Present Indicates if a nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM) is present on the controller. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NVRAM Size Indicates the capacity of the controller's NVRAM. Yes Yes No No No
BIOS Version The BIOS version of the controller. Yes Yes No No No
SSD Guard on SMART Error Indicates if the SSD Guard feature is enabled on the controller. Yes Yes No No No
Shield State Supported Indicates whether t controller supports the shield state. Yes Yes Yes No No
Energy Pack Indicates if the energy pack is present. Yes Yes No No No
Power State Properties
Power savings on unconfigured drives Indicates if the power savings on the unconfigured drives is enabled. Yes Yes Yes No No
Power saving on hot spares Indicates if the power savings on the hot spares is enabled or not Yes Yes Yes No No
Drive Standby Time Shows the drive standby time in minutes Yes Yes Yes No No
Power Information Properties
Data Protection Indicates if data protection is enabled Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Firmware Properties
Firmware Package Version The firmware package version of the controller Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Firmware Build Time The last firmware build time. Yes Yes No No No
Online Firmware Update Indicates if the Online Firmware Update Feature is enabled in the firmware. Yes Yes No No No
Firmware Version The firmware version of the controller. Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Drive Security Properties
Drive Security Capable Indicates the drive security (encryption) feature status on the controller Yes No No No Yes

Drive Security Enabled

Indicates whether the drive security is enabled Yes No No No Yes
Emergency Spare Properties
Emergency Spare Indicates the Emergency Spare controller properties. It can be set to Unconfigured Good orUnconfigured Good and Global Hotspare. Yes No No No Yes
Emergency for SMARTer Indicates if emergency hot spare drives are commissioned for predictive analysis Yes No No No Yes
CacheCade Properties
CacheCade SSD Caching Indicates if SSD Caching feature is enabled. Yes No No No Yes
Write Cache Capable Indicates if write cache feature is enabled Yes No No No Yes
Total Cache Size Total available cache size Yes No No No Yes
Maximum Cache Size Maximum available cache size. Yes No No No Yes
Personality Properties
Current personality Shows current personality mode. Yes No No No No
Requested Personality Shows requested personality mode for which reboot is pending. Yes No No No No
Current Mode Shows current behavior mode. Yes No No No No
1 Write Cache of the LUN is not supported by all target enclosures. Check your enclosure's documentation to determine whether Write Cache is supported on your device.