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Disk Status

The View Disk Status page shows performance and status information about the disk units on the system you've selected.

In the Navigation Pane, clicktap My Network under the Robot Network menu. If the menu is hidden, hover over the Navigation Pane to expand it. Then, clicktap The Show Actions button. Show Actions next to the node you want to view and select Disk Status.

You'll see the following information:

  • Unit: This is the same number used by the display disk configuration function of system service tools. If the disk unit identifier is 0, the disk unit is not configured.

  • Type: The type of disk unit.

  • Size (MB): The total amount of storage (in MB) that the unit can contain.

  • % Used: The percentage of the disk that is currently allocated. If the unit is an independent ASP which is currently in a varied off state, this field may be blank.

  • I/O Request: The average number of I/O requests for read and write operations that occurred per second during the elapsed time.

  • Request Size (KB): The average size of an I/O request in KB during the elapsed time.

  • Read Request: The average number of requests per second to transfer data from the disk unit during the elapsed time.

  • Write Request: The average number of requests per second to transfer data to the disk unit during the elapsed time.

  • Read Data (KB): The average amount of data, in KB, transferred from the disk unit, per request, during the elapsed time.

  • Write Data (KB): The average amount of data, in KB, transferred to the disk unit, per request, during the elapsed time.

  • % Busy: The estimated percentage of time the disk unit is being used during the elapsed time. This estimate is based on the number of I/O requests, the amount of data transferred, and the performance characteristics of the type of disk unit. This field is blank if the performance characteristics of the disk unit are not available.

  • ASP: The auxiliary storage pool identifier for the unit.

  • Protection Type: This field shows whether the unit is under mirrored protection provided by the system software, and the type of protection.

  • Protection Status: The protection status of the individual unit.

  • Compression: Indicates whether or not the data on the unit is compressed.

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