# Viewing Controller Properties

The Controller dashboard displays basic controller properties. Click the icon to see the advanced properties of the controller.

Click the Click to download all the controller properties link to download the properties in the in the.JSON format.

Figure 1. Basic and Advanced Controller Properties

Table 1. Basic and Advanced Controller Properties
Property | Description | MegaRAID | iMegaRAID | Software RAID | Integrated RAID | Initiator-Target
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Basic Controller Properties
Serial No | The serial number of the controller. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
SAS Address | The SAS address of the controller. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes
Alarm | Enables or disables the alarm. | Yes | Yes | No | No | No
Driver Version | The driver version of the controller. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
Vendor ID | A unique controller ID assigned to a specific vendor. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes
Sub Vendor ID | Additional vendor ID information about the controller. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes
Device ID | The device ID that is assigned by the manufacturer. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes
Host Interface | The type of interface used by the computer host system. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
Metadata Size | The total space used for metadata. The following are displayed as size units: If the size is less than 1 MB (1024 KB), the size is displayed in KB. If the size is greater than or equal to 1 MB but less than 1 GB (1024 MB), the size is displayed in MB. If the size is greater than or equal to 1 GB but less than 1 TB (1024 GB), the size is displayed in GB. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes
Chip Temperature | Indicates the temperature of the controller. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes
Advanced Properties
NVRAM Present | Indicates if a nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM) is present on the controller. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No
BIOS Version | The BIOS version of the controller. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
NVDATA Version | Indicates version of NVDATA present on the controller. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes
Shield State Supported | Indicates whether the controller supports the shield state. | Yes | Yes | No | No | No
Energy Pack | Indicates if the energy pack is present. | Yes | No | No | No | No
NVRAM Size | Indicates the capacity of the controller's NVRAM. | Yes | Yes | No | No | No
SSD Guard on SMART Error | Indicates if the SSD Guard feature is enabled on the controller. | Yes | Yes | No | No | No
SES Association Type | Indicates the association type of the enclosure. | Yes | Yes | No | No | No
Snapshot Dump | Saves a snapshot of the debug information at fault time. | Yes |  |  |  |
Power State Properties
Power savings on unconfigured drives | Indicates if the power savings on the unconfigured drives is enabled. | Yes | Yes | No | No | No
Power saving on hot spares | Indicates if the power savings on the hot spares is enabled. | Yes | Yes | No | No | No
Drive Standby Time | Shows the drive standby time in minutes. | Yes | Yes | No | No | No
Power Information Properties
Data Protection | Indicates if data protection is enabled. | Yes | Yes | No | No | No
Firmware Properties
Firmware Package Version | The firmware package version of the controller. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes
Firmware Build Time | The last firmware build time. | Yes | Yes | No | No | No
Firmware Version | The firmware version of the controller. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes
Online Firmware Update | Indicates if the online firmware update feature is enabled in the firmware. | Yes | Yes | No | No | No
Drive Security Properties
Drive Security Capable | Indicates the drive security (encryption) feature status on the controller. | Yes | No | No | No | No
Drive Security Enabled | Indicates whether the drive security is enabled. | Yes | No | No | No | No
Emergency Spare Properties
Emergency Spare | Indicates the emergency spare controller properties. It can be set to Unconfigured Good or Unconfigured Good and Global Hotspare. | Yes | No | No | No | No
Emergency for SMARTer | Indicates if emergency hot spare drives are commissioned for predictive analysis. | Yes | No | No | No | No
CacheCade Properties
CacheCade SSD Caching | Indicates if the SSD caching feature is enabled. | Yes | No | No | No | No
Write Cache Capable | Indicates if write cache feature is enabled. | Yes | No | No | No | No
Total Cache Size | Total available cache size. | Yes | No | No | No | No
Maximum Cache Size | Maximum available cache size. | Yes | No | No | No | No
Personality Properties
Current personality | Shows the current personality mode. | Yes | No | No | No | No
Requested Personality | Shows the requested personality mode for which reboot is pending. | Yes | No | No | No | No
Current Mode | Shows the current behavior mode. | Yes | No | No | No | No
Profile Properties
Current Profile ID | Shows the current profile ID of the controller. | Yes | No | No | No | No

Parent topic: Managing Controllers