Dell PowerEdge VRTX Chassis Management Controller Version 1.0 for Dell PowerEd - Page 163

Viewing Physical Disk Drives Properties Using RACADM, Identifying Physical Disks and Virtual Disks

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- Under the Basic Physical Disks Filter option , from the Group By drop-down menu, select Virtual Disk, Controller, or Enclosure, and then click Apply. - Click Advanced Filter, select the values for various attributes, and then click Apply. Viewing Physical Disk Drives Properties Using RACADM To view the properties of physical disk drives using RACADM, run the command racadm raid get pdisks -o For more information, see the Chassis Management Controller for PowerEdge VRTX RACADM Command Line Reference Guide. Identifying Physical Disks and Virtual Disks For more information about enabling or disabling the LED-blink feature, see: • Configuring LED Blinking Using CMC Web Interface • Configuring LED Blinking Using RACADM Assigning Global Hot Spares Using CMC Web Interface To assign or unassign a global hot spare: 1. In the left pane, click Chassis Overview → Storage → Physical Disk → Setup. The Setup Physical Disks page is displayed. 2. Under the Global Hotspares Assignment section, from the Hotspare Action drop-down menu, select Unassigned or Global Hotspare for each of the physical disk drives, and then click Apply. Alternatively, from the Hotspare Action Assign to all drop-down menu, select Unassigned or Global Hotspare, and then click Apply. Assigning Global Hot Spares Using RACADM To assign global hot spare using RACADM, run the command racadm raid hotspare: -assign yes -type ghs. For more information about using RACADM commands, see the Chassis Management Controller for PowerEdge VRTX RACADM Command Line Reference Guide. Viewing Virtual Disk Properties Using CMC Web Interface Make sure that the virtual disks are created. To view the virtual disk properties: 1. In the left pane, click Chassis Overview → Storage → Virtual Disks → Properties. 2. On the Properties page, under the Virtual Disks section, click the . You can also use the following filters to view specific virtual disk properties: - Under Basic Virtual Disks Filter section, from the Controller drop-down menut, select controller name, and then click Apply. - Click Advanced Filter, select the values for various attributes, and then click Apply. 163

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Under the
Basic Physical Disks Filter
option , from the
Group By
drop-down menu, select
Virtual Disk
,
Controller
, or
Enclosure
, and then click
Apply
.
Click
Advanced Filter
, select the values for various attributes, and then click
Apply
.
Viewing Physical Disk Drives Properties Using RACADM
To view the properties of physical disk drives using RACADM, run the command
racadm raid get pdisks —o
For more information, see the
Chassis Management Controller for PowerEdge VRTX RACADM Command Line Reference
Guide
.
Identifying Physical Disks and Virtual Disks
For more information about enabling or disabling the LED-blink feature, see:
Configuring LED Blinking Using CMC Web Interface
Configuring LED Blinking Using RACADM
Assigning Global Hot Spares Using CMC Web Interface
To assign or unassign a global hot spare:
1.
In the left pane, click
Chassis Overview
Storage
Physical Disk
Setup
.
The
Setup Physical Disks
page is displayed.
2.
Under the
Global Hotspares Assignment
section, from the
Hotspare Action
drop-down menu, select
Unassigned
or
Global Hotspare
for each of the physical disk drives, and then click
Apply
. Alternatively, from the
Hotspare Action -
Assign to all
drop-down menu, select
Unassigned
or
Global Hotspare
, and then click
Apply
.
Assigning Global Hot Spares Using RACADM
To assign global hot spare using RACADM, run the command
racadm raid hotspare: -assign yes -type
ghs
.
For more information about using RACADM commands, see the
Chassis Management Controller for PowerEdge VRTX
RACADM Command Line Reference Guide
.
Viewing Virtual Disk Properties Using CMC Web Interface
Make sure that the virtual disks are created.
To view the virtual disk properties:
1.
In the left pane, click
Chassis Overview
Storage
Virtual Disks
Properties
.
2.
On the
Properties
page, under the
Virtual Disks
section, click the
. You can also use the following filters to view
specific virtual disk properties:
Under
Basic Virtual Disks Filter
section, from the
Controller
drop-down menut, select controller name, and
then click
Apply
.
Click
Advanced Filter
, select the values for various attributes, and then click
Apply
.
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