Dell PowerVault MD3000i Command Line Interface Guide - Page 178

Parameter status Description Condition of the channel. You can set the channel status to optimal or degraded. NOTE: Use the optimal parameter to move a degraded channel back to the Optimal state. Use the degraded parameter if the channel is experiencing problems, and the storage array requires additional time for data transfers. Set Physical Disk Hot Spare This command assigns or unassigns one or more physical disks as a hot spare. Syntax set (physicalDisk [enclosureID,slotID] | physicalDisks [enclosureID0,slotID0 ... enclosureIDn,slotIDn]) hotSpare=(TRUE | FALSE) Parameters Parameter physicalDisk or physicalDisks hotSpare Description Identifies the enclosure and slot where the physical disk resides. Enclosure ID values are 0 to 99. Slot ID values are 0 to 31. You must put brackets ([ ]) around the enclosure ID values and the slot ID values. Assigns the physical disk as the hot spare. To assign the physical disk as the hot spare, set this parameter to TRUE. To remove a hot spare assignment from a physical disk, set this parameter to FALSE. Set Physical Disk State This command sets a physical disk to the failed state. To return a physical disk to the Optimal state, use the revive physicalDisk command. Syntax set physicalDisk [enclosureID,slotID] operationalState=failed 178 Script Commands