The Physical Devices view displays information about the drives and enclosures attached to the Adaptec storage controller. The devices are organized by the channel or port that they are connected to and they are shown in numerical order.
The display for each channel includes information on maximum speed capability, the number of the channels on the controller, and the number of devices found excluding the SCSI controller.
Selecting a channel or device activates the Events, Properties, and Tasks buttons. Select one of the active buttons to display additional information and options specific to that channel or device.
You can change the view to display the physical device information in text, full, or relational views.
Adaptec RAID controllers use a small segment at the beginning
or end of each connected drive to store information about the drives and
arrays. This area is known as the RAID
signature. The RAID signature may vary in size because the controller
may limit the usable capacity of each drive.