IBM CS821, Service Manual

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modprobe sg
Run this
mvCLI
command to start it's shell mode:
./mvcli
To select the drive adapter, enter the following command. Valid values are 0 and 1. For example:
adapter -i 1
To show all physical disks and IDs:
info -o pd
To list the serial number of a drive:
info -o pd -i <id of drive>
To show all host bus adapters (HBAs):
info -o hba
To check for errors on a disk:
smart -p <disk_ID#>
You can also get the drive serial number by using the hdparm command from a shell. The setting sdx
indicates the drive.
hdparm -i /dev/sdx
To create a virtual disk, where "MyVirtualDisk" is the name for the new array, and 0 and 1 are the
physical IDs of the SATA DOMs from a previous
info -o pd
command:
create -o vd -r1 -n "MyVirtualDisk" -d 0,1
If the virtual disk was successfully created, show a new RAID virtual disk:
info -o vd
To take the device offline so that it can be removed:
1. Identify the disk to remove; for example, sda or sdb .
2. Log in as the root user. For example, to remove the
sda
drive, run the following command:
echo 0 > /sys/block/sda/device/delete
StorCLI commands
Learn about the StorCLI commands. They are for feature code EKAA using a PCIe adapter.
If the command is not installed, download the utility from http://avagotech.com. You can find the
download by searching that site for
storcli . Get their latest “MegaRAID Storcli” download; the file is at
https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/STORCLI-v1-21-12-Linux.zip. To install, follow their documentation.
Unzip the file; then for:
RHEL
1. Navigate to the
Linux
folder.
2. Install the package by running this command, where x.xx-x equals the version of the utility. :
rpm -ivh <StorCLI-x.xx-x.noarch.rpm>
Ubuntu:
1. Navigate to the Ubuntu folder.
2.
Install the debian file by using this command:
dpkg -i storcli_x.xx-x._all.deb
Common procedures for servicing or installing features in the 8001-12C or 8005-12N
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