# Physical drive [number] object

Use this object, in the Physical devices view, to work with a physical drive or to display its properties.

Note: A SCSI channel supports a maximum 15 physical drives.

## Possible subobject

None.

## Warning and error conditions

- (warning) is displayed if the selected physical drive is undergoing a rebuild operation, reports a PFA, or is a non-warranted physical drive.
- (error) is displayed if the selected physical drive is a defunct drive.

## Actions

- Identify physical drive
- If the drive is ready:
  - Create hot-spare drive
  - Create standby hot-spare drive
  - Create assigned hot-spare drive
  - Clear
  - Verify
  - Initialize
- Rebuild drive
- If the drive is defunct, Remove the defunct drive
- Set drive state to online
- Change write-cache mode to write back or write through
- If the drive is rebuilding, online, or reports a PFA, set drive state to defunct
- Verify physical drive

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