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Devices Screens

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Last Modified 2022-12-08 18:24 -0500

The Devices screen lists VDEVS configured for the selected pool.

DevicesScreenDataVdevsUnexpanded

Click anywhere on the VDEV to see the drives included in it and the ZFS Info widget for that VDEV.

DevicesMirrorVDEVSelected

Click anywhere on a drive to see the drive widgets.

Add VDEV opens the Add a VDEVs to Pool screen with the Pool Manager for the selected pool. For example, click Manage Devices on the Topology widget for your existing pool (i.e., tank) opens the Pool Manager with tank preselected and uneditable.

ZFS Info Widget (VDEV)

There are two versions of the ZFS Info widget, one for the VDEV and the other for each drive in the VDEV. The ZFS Info widget for the VDEV displays a count of read, write and checksum errors for that VDEV, and the Extend and Remove options.

DevicesVDEVZFSInfoWidget

Extend opens the Extend VDEV dialog where you select a disk from the New Disk dropdown to add a new disk to the VDEV.

DevicesExtendVDEVDialog

Remove opens the Remove device dialog where you confirm you want to remove the selected VDEV. To remove a drive from the VDEV, select the drive then select Detach on the ZFS Info widget to remove the drive from the VDEV (pool).

Disk Widgets

Each disk in a VDEV has a set of four widgets that provide information on that disk. After selecting a disk the widgets display on the right side of the screen in the Details for diskname area of the screen.

DevicesDiskWidgets

ZFS Info Widget (Drives)

The ZFS Info widget for each device (disk drive) in the VDEV displays the name of the VDEV (Parent) the read, write, and checksum errors for that drive, and the Detach and Offline options.

DevicesDiskZFSInfoWidget

Detach opens a confirmation dialog and removes the selected drive from the parent VDEV.

DeviceDiskDetachDialog

Offline opens a confirmation dialog and takes the selected drive to an offline state. After taking a drive offline you can remove or replace the physical drive.

DeviceDiskOfflineDialog

Hardware Disk Encryption Widget

The Hardware Disk Encryption widget provides information on the drive SED password status (set, not set).

The widget allows you to set the disk encryption password through the Manage SED Password link that opens a Manage SED Password dialog where you can enter an SED password for the drive.

DevicesDiskHardwareDiskEncryptionWidget

The widget allows you to set the disk encryption password through the Manage SED Password link that opens a Manage SED Password dialog where you can enter an SED password for the drive.

ManageSEDPasswordDialog

The widget also provides the status of the Global SED Password (set or not set) and the Manage Global SED Password link that opens the System Settings > Advanced screen where you can change the global SED password that overrides the disk passwords.

S.M.A.R.T. Info for Devicename Widget

The S.M.A.R.T. Info for devicename widget, where devicename is the name of the disk, provides the number of Completed S.M.A.R.T. Tests and the number of S.M.A.R.T. Tests configured on the system.

DeviceDiskSMARTInfoWidget

The Manage SMART Tasks link opens the Data Protection > SMART Tests details screen where you find the list of SMART tests configured on your system. Run Manual Test opens the Manual S.M.A.R.T. Test dialog if the disk is compatible with SMART tests or opens an information dialog if it is not.

ManualSMARTTestDialog

ManualSMARTTestSupportDialog

The Type dropdown list includes the LONG, SHORT, CONVEYANCE, and OFFLINE options, and the Cancel and Start buttons.

Disk Info Widget

The Disk Info widget displays information on the Disk Size, Transfer Mode, the Serial and Model numbers for the drive, the Type of drive it is, the HDD Standby setting, and any Description associated with the selected drive.

DeviceDiskInfoWidget

Replace opens the Replacing disk diskname dialog, where diskname is the name of the selected disk.

ReplacingDiskDialog

Select the new disk for the pool from the Member Disk dropdown list. The system prevents losing existing data by stopping the add operation for the new disk if the disk is already in use or has partitions present.

Force overrides the safety check and adds the disk to the pool. Selecting this option erases any data stored on the disk!

Replace Disk adds the new disk to the pool.

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