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.

Figure 3. Basic and Advanced Controller Properties

Table 5. 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