Users Guide
NOTE: To obtain these values, type omreport storage 
controller to display the controller IDs and then type 
omreport storage pdisk controller=ID to display the IDs 
for the physical disks attached to the controller.
Example to Bring physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 back online. 
On a SAS controller, the physical disk resides in enclosure 2.
Example for SCSI, SATA, and ATA controllers
omconfig storage pdisk action=online 
controller=1 pdisk=0:3
Example for SAS controllers 
omconfig storage pdisk action=online 
controller=1 pdisk=0:2:30
Omconfig Assign Global Hot Spare
Table 116. omconfig Assign Global Hot Spare
Description
Assigns a physical disk as a global hot spare.
Syntax
omconfig storage pdisk 
action=assignglobalhotspare controller=id 
pdisk=<PDISKID> assign=yes, where id is the controller 
ID. The <PDISKID> variable specifies the physical disk.
NOTE: To obtain these values, type omreport storage 
controller
 to display the controller IDs and then type 
omreport storage pdisk controller=ID to display the IDs 
for the physical disks attached to the controller.
Example to Assign physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 as a global 
hot spare. On a SAS controller, the physical disk resides in 
enclosure 2.
Example for SCSI, SATA, and ATA controllers
omconfig storage pdisk 
action=assignglobalhotspare controller=1 
pdisk=0:3 assign=yes
Example for SAS controllers 
omconfig storage pdisk 
action=assignglobalhotspare controller=1 
pdisk=0:2:3 assign=yes
Omconfig Rebuild Physical Disk
Table 117. omconfig Rebuild Physical Disk
Description Rebuilds a failed physical disk. Rebuilding a disk may take several 
hours. If you need to cancel the rebuild, use the Cancel Rebuild 
task. For more information about Rebuild Physical Disk, see the 
Dell OpenManage Online Help.
Syntax
omconfig storage pdisk action=rebuild 
controller=id pdisk=<PDISKID>, where id is the 
controller ID. The <PDISKID> variable specifies the physical 
disk.
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