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<p><font face="Verdana"><b><font size="3">Physical Drive Property Description: </font></b><font SIZE="2">This
screen displays the physical drive properties. Each field is described in the
table below:</font></font></p>
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    <td WIDTH="29%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="8"><b><font SIZE="1">
      <p>Field</font></b></td>
    <td WIDTH="71%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="8"><b><font SIZE="1">
      <p>Description</font></b></td>
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      <p>Firmware</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="71%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="9"><font SIZE="1">
      <p>This field gives the firmware version of the physical drive.</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="29%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="6"><font SIZE="1">
      <p>Status</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="71%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="6"><font SIZE="1">
      <p>This field gives the status of the physical drive. (online or offline)</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="29%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="7"><font SIZE="1">
      <p>Errors</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="71%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="7"><font SIZE="1">
      <p>This field gives the number of errors in the physical drive.</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="29%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="7"><font SIZE="1">
      <p>S.M.A.R.T. Status</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="71%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="7"><font SIZE="1">
      <p>This field gives the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring </font><font SIZE="2">Analysis
      and Reporting Technology) </font><font SIZE="1">status of the physical
      drive. The options for this are Disabled , OK, or Error. Disabled means
      S.M.A.R.T. is off and physical drive does not collect statistical data. OK
      means S.M.A.R.T. is on and no errors found. Error status means S.M.A.R.T.
      is on and some errors found, this is serious warning that drive has to be
      replaced.</font></td>
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      <p>Logical Drive</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="71%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="7"><font SIZE="1">
      <p>This field gives the logical drive information about this physical
      drive. (by drive letter or volume)</font></td>
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      <p>Capacity</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="71%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="7"><font SIZE="1">
      <p>This field gives the capacity of this physical drive.</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="29%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="4"><font SIZE="1">
      <p>Transfer Mode</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="71%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="4"><font SIZE="1">
      <p>This field gives the type of transfer mode used on this physical drive.</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="29%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="7"><font SIZE="1">
      <p>Part of Array</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="71%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="7"><font SIZE="1">
      <p>This field gives the part of the array that this physical drive belongs
      to. The RAID mode for a striped array (RAID 0) is called <i>performance</i>,
      and for a mirrored array (RAID 1) is called <i>reliability</i>.</font></td>
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      <p>Connection</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="71%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="7"><font SIZE="1">
      <p>This field gives the type of IDE connection that is used to connect
      this drive to the RAID controller.</font><font SIZE="2"> </font><font SIZE="1">(primary
      or secondary, master or slave)</font></td>
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      <p>Model</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="71%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="7"><font SIZE="1">
      <p>This field gives the model number of the physical drive.</font></td>
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      <p>Serial Number</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="71%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT="7"><font SIZE="1">
      <p>This field gives the serial number of the physical drive.</font></td>
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