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5-30 MegaRAID Command Tool
5.11 Drive-Related Options
You can use the commands in this section to select settings for the drives
and perform actions on them.
5.11.1 Display Drive Information
Use the command in Table 5.45 to display information about the drives
on the selected controller(s).
5.11.2 Set the Drive State to Online
Use the command in Table 5.46 to set the state of a drive to Online .
In an online state, the drive is working normally and is a part of a
configured virtual drive.
5.11.3 Set the Drive State to Offline
Use the command in Table 5.47 to set the state of a drive to Offline .
In the offline state, the virtual drive is not available to the RAID controller.
Description Displays the number of virtual drives attached to the controller. The return value is
the number of virtual drives.
Table 5.44 Display Number of Virtual Drives (Cont.)
Table 5.45 Display Drive Information
Convention
MegaCli –PDInfo -PhysDrv[E0:S0,E1:S1....] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
Description Provides information about the drives connected to the enclosure and controller slot.
This includes information such as the enclosure number, slot number, device ID,
sequence number, drive type, capacity (if a drive), foreign state, firmware state, and
inquiry data.
For SAS devices, this includes additional information such as the SAS address of the
drive. For SAS expanders, this includes additional information such as the number of
devices connected to the expander.
Table 5.46 Set Drive State to Online
Convention
MegaCli –PDOnline -PhysDrv[E0:S0,E1:S1....] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
Description Changes the drive state to Online.