IDE Controllers

Select an IDE controller entry from the Mass Storage list to display a submenu containing separate entries for IDE Controller Information, IDE ATA disk drives connected to the controller, and IDE ATAPI devices connected to the controller. Device types include disks, CD-ROMs, tape drives, processors, scanners, optical drives, WORM drives, and so on. The following items may be displayed depending on the type of controller:

IDE Controller Information

IDE ATA Disk Drives

IDE ATAPI Devices


IDE Controller Information

Select a controller entry from the Mass Storage list to display the following information.

Model displays the controller's model string, used for identification purposes.

Slot displays the physical slot number where the controller is installed in the system or N/A if slot number is not available.

Firmware Version displays the controller's firmware version.


IDE ATA Disk Drives

The information displayed for each IDE ATA disk drive entry in the submenu includes condition graphic and disk drive location: Primary or Secondary channel, Master device 0 or Slave device 1. If the Storage Agents cannot determine the channel then Channel unknown will be displayed. If the device position cannot be determined then Device unknown will be displayed. You may need to upgrade your driver software or the Storage Agents. Select any of the disk drives from the submenu to display more information about the disk drives. The following information is displayed for all disk drives:

Model displays the model of the disk drive.

Status displays the current status of the disk drive. The following values are valid:

SMART Support indicates whether SMART support is available for this disk drive. The following values are valid:

Serial Number displays the serial number of the disk drive.

Firmware Version displays the firmware version of the disk drive.

Capacity (MB) displays the capacity of the drive in megabytes. For example, 210 identifies a 210-megabyte drive. A megabyte is defined as 1,048,576 bytes. The capacity value shown may differ from the stated size of the drive due to different definitions of a megabyte. Many hardware manufacturers use the value of 1,000,000 for megabyte instead of 1,048,576.

Transfer mode displays the data transfer mode of the disk drive. The following values are valid:


IDE ATAPI Devices

The information displayed for each IDE ATAPI device entry in the submenu includes condition graphic and device location: Primary or Secondary channel, Master device 0 or Slave device 1. If the Storage Agents cannot determine the channel then Channel unknown will be displayed. If the device position cannot be determined then Device unknown will be displayed. You may need to upgrade your driver software or the Storage Agents. Select any of the devices from the submenu to display more information about the devices. The following information is displayed for all devices:

Device type identifies the type of ATAPI device. The following values are valid:

Model displays the model of the device.

Firmware Version displays the firmware version of the device.