PRTG Manual: Dell PowerVault MDi Physical Disk Sensor
The Dell PowerVault MDi Physical Disk sensor monitors a physical disk on a Dell PowerVault system.
This sensor supports Dell PowerVault MD3000i, MD3420, MD3620i, MD3000f, MD3620f, or MD3820i, and might support other models.
For a detailed list and descriptions of the channels that this sensor can show, see section Channel List.
- 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
- This sensor has a high performance impact. We recommend that you use no more than 200 of this sensor on each probe.
- This sensor requires Dell Modular Disk Storage Manager on the probe system.
- This sensor requires the IP address of the storage area network (SAN) in the settings of the parent device.
- This sensor supports Dell PowerVault MD3000i, MD3420, MD3620i, MD3000f, MD3620f, or MD3820i, and might support other models.
- This sensor only supports devices with one drawer of hard-drives. Multiple drawers are not supported and prevent sensor creation.
- This sensor supports IPv6.
- This sensor uses lookups to determine the status values of one or more channels.
You 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.
Requirement |
Description |
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This sensor requires the installation of the Dell Modular Disk Storage Manager program. 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.
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Setting |
Description |
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Sensor Name |
Enter a name to identify the sensor. By default, PRTG shows this name in the device tree, as well as in alarms, logs, notifications, reports, maps, libraries, and tickets.
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Parent Tags |
The tags that the sensor inherits from its parent device, parent group, and parent probe.
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Tags |
Enter one or more tags. Confirm each tag with the Spacebar key, a comma, or the Enter key. You can use tags to group objects and use tag-filtered views later on. Tags are not case-sensitive. Tags are automatically inherited.
The sensor has the following default tags that are automatically predefined in the sensor's settings when you add the sensor:
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Priority |
Select a priority for the sensor. This setting determines the position of the sensor in lists. The highest priority is at the top of a list. Choose from the lowest priority ( |
Setting |
Description |
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Physical Disk |
The physical disk that this sensor monitors. |
Result Handling |
Define what PRTG does with the sensor result:
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Setting |
Description |
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Primary Channel |
Select a channel from the list to define it as the primary channel. In the device tree, the last value of the primary channel is always displayed below the sensor's name. The available options depend on what channels are available for this sensor.
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Graph Type |
Define how different channels are shown for this sensor:
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Stack Unit |
This setting is only visible if you enable Stack channels on top of each other as Graph Type. Select a unit from the list. All channels with this unit are stacked 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. |
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 under the corresponding setting name to disable the inheritance and to display its options.
For more information, see section Inheritance of Settings.
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Scanning Interval.
Schedules, Dependencies, and Maintenance Window
You cannot interrupt the inheritance for schedules, dependencies, and maintenance windows. The corresponding settings from the parent objects are always active. However, you can define additional schedules, dependencies, and maintenance windows. They are active at the same time as the parent objects' settings.
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Schedules, Dependencies, and Maintenance Window.
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Access Rights.
Which channel units are available depends on the sensor type and the available parameters. If no configurable channels are available, this field shows No configurable channels.
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Channel Unit Configuration.
Which channels the sensor actually shows might depend on the target device, the available components, and the sensor setup.
The 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 |
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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 |
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Hot Spare Standby |
The physical disk in the indicated slot is configured as a hot spare |
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Hot Spare In Use |
The physical disk in the indicated slot is in use as a hot spare within a disk group |
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Down status: Failed |
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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 |
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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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