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# View Storage System details

Storage system details provide information of storage system settings.

## About this task

You can also view this information by selecting Dashboard > System Health > Actions > VIEW SYSTEM PROPERTIES.

## Steps

1. Select the storage system.
2. Select System > System Properties.
   The following properties display in the Properties panel:
   - Array Display Name —Custom nice name that is assigned to the storage system, if any. To assign a name, or change an existing name, click . Storage system names must be unique from other storage names and cannot exceed 32 characters. Only alphanumeric characters, underscores ( _ ), and (-) are allowed. Storage system names are case-insensitive.
   - Dell Service Tag—The Dell service tag (applicable to storage systems running PowerMaxOS 10 (6079))
   - Product Model —The product model
   - PowerMaxOS —The PowerMaxOS version (for storage systems running PowerMaxOS 10 (6079)
   - Microcode Version—The microcode version number (for storage systems running PowerMaxOS 10 (6079)
   - HyperMax OS or PowerMaxOS / Microcode Version—The OS/microcode version number (for storage systems running HYPERMAX OS 5977 or PowerMaxOS 5978)
   - Microcode Registered Build—The microcode registered build number.
   - Microcode Date/Patch Date—The microcode date or patch date
   - Capacity—Capacity of the storage system
   - Cache Size (Mirrored)—Cache size
   - Number of Front End Directors—Number of front-end directors
   - Number of Back End Directors—Number of back-end directors
   - Number of RDF Directors—Number of SRDF Directors
   - Max Number of Hypers per Disk—Maximum number of hypers per disk
   - Device Masking (VCM) Config State—Device masking VMware Configuration Manager configuration state
   - VCMDB Access Restricted State—VCMDB access restricted state
   - Device Masking (ACLX) Config State—Device masking ACLX configuration state
   - ACLX Volume LUN Address—ACLX volume LUN address
   - Access Control Configuration State—Access control configuration state
   - Configuration Change State—Configuration change state
   - Disk Group Assignments—Disk group assignments
   - Parity RAID Configuration—Parity RAID configuration
   - RAID Configuration—RAID configuration
   - Pav Mode—PAV Mode
   - Pav Alias Limit—PAV Alias Limit
   - Data Compression Algorithm—Data Compression Algorithm type
   - SDDF Configuration State—SDDF configuration state
   - WORM Configuration Level—WORM configuration level
   - WORM Characteristics—WORM characteristics
   - Switched RDF Configuration State—Switched SRDF configuration state
   - Concurrent RDF Configuration State—Concurrent SRDF configuration state
   - Dynamic RDF State—Dynamic SRDF state
   - Concurrent Dynamic RDF Configuration—Concurrent dynamic SRDF configuration state
   - RDF Data Mobility Configuration State—SRDF data mobility configuration state
   - SRDF/A Maximum Host Throttle (Secs)—SRDF/A maximum host throttle (seconds)
   - SRDF/A Maximum Cache Usage (Percent)—SRDF/A maximum cache usage (percent)
   - Multi LRU Device Assignment—Multi LRU device assignment
   - Number of Available Cache Slots—Number of available cache slots
   - Max Number of DA Write Pending Slots—Max number of DA write-pending slots.
   - Max Number of System Write Pending Slots—Max number of system write-pending slots.
   - Max Number of Device Write Pending Slots—Max number of device write-pending slots.
   - System Last IPL Time (Cold)—System last IPL time (cold)
   - System Last Fast IPL Time (Hot)—System last fast IPL time (hot)
   - System Alerts (Enabled/Disabled)—System alerts (enabled or disabled)
   - Hot Swap Policy—Hot swap policy
   - System Disk Library—System disk library
   - FBA Geometry Emulation—FBA geometry emulation
   - 3 Dynamic Mirrors—three dynamic mirrors
   - Cache Partitioning—Cache partitioning
   - Auto Meta—Auto meta
   - Minimum Auto Meta Size (Cyl)—Minimum auto meta size (cyl)
   - Auto Meta Configuration—Auto meta configuration
   - Disk Service State—Disk service state
   - SFP Replacement Policy—Read-only indication of small form factor pluggable (SFP) component replacement policy ( Customer Replaceable Unit or Field Replaceable Unit). Customer Replaceable Unit indicates that the SFP component can be replaced by the customer (see Replace faulted SFP). Field Replaceable Unit indicates that the SFP component is a field replaceable unit (FRU) and can only be replaced by a field engineer. (for storage systems running PowerMaxOS 10.2.0.0)
   - System Data Encryption—Status of system data encryption (enabled and disabled)
   - XP10 Compression Hardware—Status of the XP10 Compression Hardware (Configured and Not Available)
   - System Bay LED state—System bay LED state. In the case where a system has more than one bay, there could be multiple bays, each with an LED status. The state can be configured (see Configure system bay LED state).
   The following properties display in the Devices and Disk panel:
   - Number of Configured (Symm) Devices—Number of configured storage system devices
   - Number of Visible (Host) Devices—Number of visible host devices
   - Number of Configured Actual Disks—Number of configured actual disks
   - Number of Configured Spare Disks—Number of configured spare disks
   - Number of Unconfigured Disks—Number of unconfigured disks
   - Reliability State—This property reflects the overall RAID group and device group health. The possible values for the reliability state are:
     - Optimal—All RAID groups in the device group are healthy and there is sufficient available spare capacity to cover any spindle in the device group.
     - NoSpare—All RAID groups in the device group are healthy and there is insufficient available spare capacity in the device group (one or more spindles cannot be covered).
     - Rebuilding—One or more RAID groups in the device group are in a Degraded state and rebuilding of the degraded RAID groups is taking place (assumes sufficient spare capacity to accommodate rebuilding).
     - NoRebuild—One or more RAID groups in the device group are in a Degraded state and one or more RAID groups in the device group is prevented from rebuilding (due to insufficient spare capacity).
     - Failed—One or more RAID groups in the device group are in a Failed state.
   For storage systems that contain SRPs, a System Sized Properties panel is displayed, and the following properties are displayed for each SRP instance:
   - SRP Name—SRP name
   - Sized FBA Data Reduction Ratio—Sized FBA data reduction ratio for SRP
   - Sized FBA Capacity (TB)—Sized FBA capacity (TB), rounded to a whole number
   - Sized FBA Reducible (%)—Sized FBA reducible (percentage)
   - Sized CKD Data Reduction Ratio—Sized CKD data reduction ratio for SRP
   - Sized CKD Capacity (TB)—Sized CKD capacity (TB), rounded to a whole number
   - Sized CKD Reducible (%)—Sized CKD reducible (percentage)