External disks

View the information that is shown about external disks or disk drives in block storage systems.

The following information is shown for each external disk:

Acknowledged: Shows whether a user marked the status of an external disk as acknowledged. An acknowledged status indicates that the status was reviewed and is either resolved or can be ignored. An acknowledged status is not used when the status of related, higher-level resources is determined.; For example, if an external disk has an error status, the related storage system also shows an error condition. If the error status of the external disk is acknowledged, it changes to Error-Acknowledged. This acknowledged status is then treated as normal, and is used in evaluating the overall condition of the storage system. In this case, if the other internal resources of the storage system are also normal, the storage system condition is considered normal.
Available Capacity (GiB): The storage capacity that is available (not allocated) on an external disk.
Capacity (GiB): (Previously known as Total Capacity) The capacity on an external disk.
Pool: The name of the storage pool to which an external disk belongs. If an external disk is associated with a primordial pool, or is not yet assigned to a pool, then it is unmanaged. The value None is displayed.
Status: The status of an external disk. Use the status to determine the condition of the external disk, and if any actions must be taken. For example, if an external disk has an Error status, take immediate action to correct the problem. If the external disk has an Operational status, then it is operating normally and no further action is required.
Volumes: The number of volumes that are partially or completely on an external disk.