Users Guide

Viewing Physical Disk Properties Using the CMC Web

Interface

Make sure that physical disks are installed on the chassis.

To view the properties of physical disk drives:

1. In the left pane, go to Chassis Overview → Storage → Physical Disks.

The Properties page is displayed.

2. To view properties of all the physical disk drives, under the Physical Disks section, click the .

NOTE: For fault-tolerant mode, the following attributes are also displayed:

– Active controller — Shared PERC8 (Integrated 1)

– Redundant/Failover controller — Shared PERC8 (Integrated 2)

You can also use the following filters to view specific physical disk drive's properties:

– Under the Basic Physical Disks Filter option , from the Group By drop-down menu, select Virtual

Disk, Controller, or Enclosure, and then click Apply.

– Click Advanced Filter, select the values for various attributes, and then click Apply.

Viewing Physical Disk Drives Properties Using RACADM

To view the properties of physical disk drives using RACADM, run the command racadm raid get

pdisks —o

For more information, see the Chassis Management Controller for PowerEdge VRTX RACADM Command

Line Reference Guide.

Identifying Physical Disks and Virtual Disks

For more information about enabling or disabling the LED-blink feature, see:

• Configuring LED Blinking Using CMC Web Interface

• Configuring LED Blinking Using RACADM

Assigning Global Hot Spares Using CMC Web Interface

To assign or unassign a global hot spare:

1. In the left pane, click Chassis Overview → Storage → Physical Disk → Setup.

The Setup Physical Disks page is displayed.

2. Under the Global Hotspares Assignment section, from the Hotspare Action drop-down menu,

select Unassigned or Global Hotspare for each of the physical disk drives, and then click Apply.

Alternatively, from the Hotspare Action - Assign to all drop-down menu, select Unassigned or

Global Hotspare, and then click Apply.

Assigning Global Hot Spares Using RACADM

To assign global hot spare using RACADM, run the command racadm raid hotspare: -assign yes

-type ghs

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