Administrator Guide

Description Valid for Parameter

Drive OS Path

Unique path to drive provided by

the OS.

Valid value for -d parameter

NOTE: Ensure the console window is able to fit at least 150 characters for each line to view the

output properly.

NOTE: The output screenshots shown in the following procedures are examples and may be slightly

different from the actual output depending on the version of your Server Hardware Management

Software.

Command help

To get a list of all available commands:

shmcli –help

To get help for a specific command

shmcli [command] -help

Identifying installed HBAs

Many shmcli commands require a respective adapter as an input parameter. To get the proper values for

this parameter, run the following command:

shmcli list adapters

The following output is displayed:

Figure 1. Running the shmcli command to identify HBAs

Note and record the values displayed in the Adapter# column, because this represents the Adapter

Index and also the WWID/SASAddresses column for the respective supported HBAs.

PERC or MegaRaid controllers

The SHM system provides support for drives connected by using a PERC or MegaRaid controller. This

functionality is not available by default. A system library must be installed.

• Windows – copy the storelib.dll file from the C:\Program Files\Dell

\ServerHardwareManager\Extras\Storelib folder to the C:\Program Files\Dell

\ServerHardwareManager\ServerHardwareManagerCLI

folder.

• Linux – install the RPM file located in /opt/dell/ServerHardwareManager/storelib using OS

commands.

• ESX – install the RPM file that will be packaged along with the shmcli utility.

To remove support: