PRTG Manual: Dell PowerVault MDi Physical Disk Sensor

The Dell PowerVault MDi Physical Disk sensor monitors a physical disk on a Dell PowerVault system.

i_round_blueThis sensor supports Dell PowerVault MD3000i, MD3420, MD3620i, MD3000f, MD3620f, or MD3820i, and might support other models.

Dell PowerVault MDi Physical Disk Sensor

Dell PowerVault MDi Physical Disk Sensor

i_square_cyanFor a detailed list and descriptions of the channels that this sensor can show, see section Channel List.

Sensor in Other Languages

  • Dutch: Dell PowerVault MDi Fysieke Schijf
  • French: Dell PowerVault MDi disque physique
  • German: Dell PowerVault MDi Physikalischer Datenträger
  • Japanese: Dell PowerVault MDi 物理ディスク
  • Portuguese: Disco físico Dell PowerVault MDi
  • Russian: Физический диск Dell PowerVault MDi
  • Simplified Chinese: Dell PowerVault MDi 物理磁盘
  • Spanish: Disco físico Dell PowerVault MDi

Remarks

Consider the following remarks and requirements for this sensor:

Remark

Description

Performance impact

This sensor has a high performance impact. We recommend that you use no more than 200 of this sensor on each probe.

Dell Modular Disk Storage Manager

This sensor requires Dell Modular Disk Storage Manager on the probe system. You must install it on the probe system (on every cluster node, if on a cluster probe). For details about setup, see section More below.

i_round_redCreate this sensor on a device that has the IP address of the SAN configured in the IP Address/DNS Name field of the sensor settings.

IP address

This sensor requires the IP address of the storage area network (SAN) in the settings of the parent device.

Dell PowerVault models

This sensor supports Dell PowerVault MD3000i, MD3420, MD3620i, MD3000f, MD3620f, or MD3820i, and might support other models.

Multiple drawers

This sensor only supports devices with one drawer of hard-drives. Multiple drawers are not supported and prevent sensor creation.

IPv6

This sensor supports IPv6.

Lookups

This sensor uses lookups to determine the status values of one or more channels.

Hosted probe

i_podYou cannot add this sensor to the hosted probe of a PRTG Hosted Monitor instance. If you want to use this sensor, add it to a remote probe device.

Basic Sensor Settings

Basic Sensor Settings

Basic Sensor Settings

The sensor has the following default tags that are automatically predefined in the sensor's settings when you add the sensor:

  • powervault

i_square_cyanFor more information about basic sensor settings, see section Sensor Settings.

Sensor Settings

Sensor Settings

Sensor Settings

Setting

Description

Physical Disk

The physical disk that this sensor monitors.

Result Handling

Define what PRTG does with the sensor result:

  • Discard result (default): Do not store the sensor result.
  • Store result: Store the last sensor result in the \Logs\sensors subfolder of the PRTG data directory on the probe system. The file names are Result of Sensor [ID].txt and Result of Sensor [ID].Data.txt. This setting is for debugging purposes. PRTG overwrites these files with each scanning interval.

i_round_blueIn a cluster, PRTG stores the result in the PRTG data directory of the master node.

Sensor Display

Sensor Display

Sensor Display

Setting

Description

Primary Channel

Select a channel from the list to define it as the primary channel. In the device tree, PRTG displays the last value of the primary channel below the sensor's name. The available options depend on what channels are available for this sensor.

i_round_blueYou can set a different primary channel later by clicking b_channel_primary below a channel gauge on the sensor's Overview tab.

Graph Type

Define how this sensor shows different channels:

  • Show channels independently (default): Show a graph for each channel.
  • Stack channels on top of each other: Stack channels on top of each other to create a multi-channel graph. This generates a graph that visualizes the different components of your total traffic.
    i_round_redYou cannot use this option in combination with manual Vertical Axis Scaling (available in the channel settings).

Stack Unit

This setting is only visible if you select Stack channels on top of each other above.

Select a unit from the list. PRTG stacks all channels with this unit on top of each other. By default, you cannot exclude single channels from stacking if they use the selected unit. However, there is an advanced procedure to do so.

Inherited Settings

By default, all of these settings are inherited from objects that are higher in the hierarchy. We recommend that you change them centrally in the root group settings if necessary. To change a setting for this object only, click b_inherited_enabled under the corresponding setting name to disable the inheritance and to display its options.

i_square_cyanFor more information, see section Inheritance of Settings.

Channel List

i_round_blueWhich channels the sensor actually shows might depend on the target device, the available components, and the sensor setup.

This sensor shows the status and mode of the physical disk in the channels as reported in the Modular Disk Storage Manager. Status and mode combined indicate the particular status of a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) controller physical disk. The table below provides you with the status description according to the Dell documentation:

Status Channel

Mode Channel

Description

Up status: Optimal

Unassigned

The physical disk in the indicated slot is unused and available to be configured

Assigned

The physical disk in the indicated slot is configured as part of a disk group

Hot Spare Standby

The physical disk in the indicated slot is configured as a hot spare

Hot Spare In Use

The physical disk in the indicated slot is in use as a hot spare within a disk group

Down status: Failed

  • Assigned
  • Unassigned
  • Hot Spare In Use
  • Hot Spare Standby

The physical disk in the indicated slot has failed because of an unrecoverable error, an incorrect drive type or drive size, or by its operational state being set to failed

Up status: Replaced

Assigned

The physical disk in the indicated slot has been replaced and is ready to be, or is actively being, configured into a disk group

Down status: Pending Failure

  • Assigned
  • Unassigned
  • Hot Spare In Use
  • Hot Spare Standby

A S.M.A.R.T. error has been detected on the physical disk in the indicated slot

Warning status: None

None

The indicated slot is empty, or the array cannot detect the physical disk

Down status: Undefined

 

 

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