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Using the Storage Management Service
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Example for SCSI, SATA, and ATA Controllers:
To initialize the physical disk described in this example, enter:
omconfig storage pdisk action=initialize controller=1 pdisk=0:3
Example for SAS Controllers:
To initialize the physical disk described in this example, enter:
omconfig storage pdisk action=initialize controller=1 pdisk=0:2:3
omconfig Offline Physical Disk
Use the following omconfig command syntax to offline a physical disk:
Complete Syntax
omconfig storage pdisk action=offline controller=id pdisk=
connectorID:targetID
where id is the controller ID and
connectorID:targetID
is the connector number and physical disk
number as reported by the omreport command. To obtain these values, enter omreport storage
controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller=ID to display
the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller.
Example Syntax
For example, to offline physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1, enter:
omconfig storage pdisk action=offline controller=1 pdisk=0:3
omconfig Offline Physical Disk
Use the following omconfig command syntax to offline a physical disk:
Complete Syntax
omconfig storage pdisk action=offline controller=id pdisk=<PDISKID>
where id is the controller ID. The <PDISK> variable specifies the physical disk.
To obtain these values, enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter
omreport storage pdisk controller=ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller.
Example Syntax
In this example, you want to offline physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1. On a SAS controller,
the physical disk resides in enclosure 2.