Storcli

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HOWTO

Add new/replacement disk

Show all should tell you s(Slot), dg, array and row, then:

storcli /c0/e32/s12 insert dg=0 array=0 row=0
storcli /c0/e32/s12 start rebuild

Locate a disk

storcli /c0/e8/s2 start locate

Show rebuild status

storcli /c0 /eall /sall show rebuild

Drive mappings

sg_map -x

Output: /dev/sgXX <host_number> <bus> <scsi_id> <lun> <scsi_type> <disk>

/dev/sg11  7 0 1 0  0  /dev/sdl

<scsi_id> is VD(DID?) in storcli output, this is not always same as DG :)

TODO find out where that '7' comes from

Alarm

Silence alarm

storcli /c0 set alarm=off

BBU

Show time

storcli /c0 show time

Get BBU status

• https://support.siliconmechanics.com/portal/en/kb/articles/bbu-commands-for-storcli

storcli /cx/bbu show all

BBU start learn

storcli /cx/bbu start learn

BBU status values

Check here for more confusion

• 0: OK
• 8: charging or not full, unclear
• 16: cachevault?
• 32: manual learn requested
• 40: learning?

Get smart status of disk

/dev/bus/0 -d sat+megaraid,14

Where 14 is disk ID (DID), not Slot number

Set disk to JBOD

If disk still in an array, first delete that :) Looks like disks should be in state UGood

storcli /cx[/ex]/sx set jbod

If that fails try:

storcli /c0 set jbod=on

this might/should set all unused drives to jbod

Else look at:

storcli /c0/e9/s0 start erase simple

or if that fails

storcli /c0/e9/s0 start erase

this takes a while, check with

storcli /c0/e9/s0 show erase

FAQ

Failure 255 Operation not allowed.

Disk still in an array?

Output

UGood F

Disk contains foreign config, clear with

storcli /c0/fall del

Virtual Devices

NRWBD

NR=No Read Ahead WB = Write Back D = Direct IO

 

Cache settings

read ahead

usually on, pointless i reads are very random

write back

Faster, assumes you have BBU

FAQ

List controllers

storcli show all

Set bootable

storcli /c0/e10/s0 set bootdrive= on|off

NO read ahead, write through

storcli /c0 /v2 set wrcache=wt

No read ahead

storcli /c0 /v2 set rdcache=nora

Changing cache settings

storcli /c0 /v1 set wrcache=wt|wb|awb
storcli /c0 /v1 set rdcache=ra|nora

ErrMsg: use /cx/cv

There migh be a "cachevault"?

storcli /c0/cv show status