CLI Guide

Show Physical Disk
Description
For each physical disk in the storage array, this command returns the following information:
• The total number of physical disks
• The type of physical disk (SAS)
• Basic physical disk information:
– Enclosure location and slot location
– Status
– Capacity
– Data transfer rate
– Product ID
– Firmware level
• Physical disk channel information:
– Enclosure location and slot location
– Preferred channel
– Redundant channel
• Hot spare coverage
• Details for each physical disk
Depending on the size of the storage array, this information can be several pages long. The physical disk
information is also returned when you issue the show storageArray profile command.
Syntax
show (allPhysicalDisks
[driveMediaType=(HDD | SSD | unknown | allMedia)] |[physicalDiskType=(SAS)])
| (physicalDisk [
enclosureID,slotID] | physicalDisks [enclosureID1,slotID1
enclosureID2,slotID2... enclosureIDn,slotIDn])
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Parameters
Parameter Description
allPhysicalDisks
Returns information about all physical disks in the
storage array.
NOTE: To determine information about the
type and location of all physical disks in the
storage array, use the allPhysicalDisks
parameter.
driveMediaType
retrieve information. Valid physical disk media are
these:
• HDD—Use this option when you have hard
physical disks
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