# Physical drive [number] object

Use this object to work with a specified physical drive or to display its properties by clicking a specific physical drive from the menu.

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 or a defunct hot-spare drive.

## Actions

- Identify physical drive
- Create hot-spare drive
- Create standby hot-spare drive
- Delete hot-spare drive
- Delete standby hot-spare drive
- 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

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