System Drive details

Virtual Storage Platform One File Administrator User Guide
Version
1.7.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-24VSP1F003-10
ft:lastEdition
2026-07-13

You can view additional details which are specific to the selected system drives.

The following table describes the settings on this pane:
Setting Description
Overview
Comment This shows additional information about the system drive. Additional descriptive information can be assigned to a system drive to help make it more identifiable when viewed elsewhere in the GUI.

This box is visible when you click on the edit icon.
System Drive ID This shows the system drive identifier.
Hitachi Storage Array Serial Number This shows the name of the RAID rack hosting the system drive.
Capacity This shows the size of the system drive.
Access This shows whether the server has access to the system drive. To perform actions on the system drive, such as creating a file system, Access must be set to Allowed. Set Access to Allowed for all configurations other than shared storage system configurations.
Logical Unit ID (LUID) This shows an unique internal identifier of the system drive. The LUID is created by the RAID controller.
GAD This shows whether the system drive is a Global Access Device (GAD).
  • Yes indicates that the system drive is a GAD.
  • No indicates that the system drive is not a GAD.
  • Unknown indicates that the system drive's GAD status is not available.
Virtualization This shows information about the system drive virtualization layer. The options are:
  • HDP pool number
  • DDM UVM pool number
  • UVM
  • None - if none of the options apply to the system drive
Drive Status

This shows the status of the system drive. The status is an indicator of the health of the system drive. The following describes the possible states of the status indicator:

  • Green and OK - The system drive is operating normally.
  • Amber: The system drive is operational, but it is initializing or performing a consistency check.
  • Red: There is a fault in the system drive and it is not operational.
  • Grey: The system drive is not present.

For more information about the state of the system drive, refer to the server event log.
Storage Pool Configuration
Storage Pool Configuration This section shows the Storage Pool Name and the Storage Pool Status information.
Actions
Allow Access Select a system drive and click Allow Access to make the drive available for use.
Deny Access In shared storage systems, some system drives may need to be set with Deny Access to ensure they are not accessed unintentionally.
Forget This removes the selected system drive from the list. If the system drive has been removed from the RAID rack, or if the RAID rack has been removed from the storage system, click Forget to remove it from the list of configured system drives.