Disk Management

Maintenance > [Software & System Management] Disk Management

The Disk Management page lists information about physical and virtual appliance disks.

n	The progress bar shows what percentage of the polling is complete.

n	Physical appliances use RAID arrays with encrypted disks.

n	Disk failure results in a critical alarm.

n	If a row shows that a disk has failed, click Edit to access the appliance, and follow directions in the local help for replacing the failed disk.

n	You can view the SMART [Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology] data from physical appliance disks.

Follow this procedure when replacing a failed disk:

1	Log into your Support portal account, and click Open a Self Service RMA for disk replacement.

2	Complete the wizard, using the serial number of the appliance (not the disk).

3	After you receive the new disk, access Appliance Manager by clicking any Edit icon that belongs to the appliance in question.

4	Follow the instructions in that page’s on-line help.

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