Administrator Guide

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1 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 6

2 Other information you may need ................................................................................................... 7

Dell EMC Storage and Microsoft Storage Spaces Solution............................................................................................. 7

Dell EMC PowerVault MD3060e ........................................................................................................................................8

Dell EMC PowerVault MD1200 series ................................................................................................................................8

Dell EMC Storage MD1280 ..................................................................................................................................................8

Dell EMC Storage MD1400 series ...................................................................................................................................... 8

Dell EMC PowerVault ME484 JBOD...................................................................................................................................8

3 Installation procedure .................................................................................................................. 9

Server Hardware installation—Windows........................................................................................................................... 9

Graphical installation........................................................................................................................................................9

Silent installation.............................................................................................................................................................. 9

Uninstalling the Server Hardware Manager software............................................................................................... 10

Server Hardware Manager Installation – Linux................................................................................................................10

Device Mapper Multipath..............................................................................................................................................10

Graphical installation....................................................................................................................................................... 11

Silent installation..............................................................................................................................................................11

Uninstalling the Server Hardware Manager software................................................................................................ 11

Server Hardware Manager Installation - ESXi..................................................................................................................12

4 Storage Hardware Manager CLI ...................................................................................................13

Using the CLI........................................................................................................................................................................ 13

Command syntax structure................................................................................................................................................ 13

Command help ...............................................................................................................................................................15

Identifying installed HBAs....................................................................................................................................................15

PERC or MegaRAID controllers ........................................................................................................................................ 16

Identifying enclosures and EMMs...................................................................................................................................... 16

Updating drives.....................................................................................................................................................................17

Updating EMM firmware...............................................................................................................................................18

Identifying drives.................................................................................................................................................................. 18

5 CLI reference.............................................................................................................................20

Drive commands..................................................................................................................................................................20

Blink drive....................................................................................................................................................................... 20

Drive power.................................................................................................................................................................... 20

List commands......................................................................................................................................................................21

List adapters....................................................................................................................................................................21

List physical enclosures................................................................................................................................................. 21

List drives........................................................................................................................................................................22

List EMMs.......................................................................................................................................................................22

List drawers....................................................................................................................................................................23

List EMM slots............................................................................................................................................................... 24

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