Users Guide

1. In the iDRAC Web interface, go to any of the following pages as per your requirement:
● Storage > Overview > Physical Disks > Status– Displays the identified Physical Disks page where you can blink or
unblink the physical disks and PCIe SSDs.
● Storage > Overview > Virtual Disks > Status- Displays the identified Virtual Disks page where you can blink or unblink
the virtual disks.
2. If you select the physical disk:
● Select or deselect all component LEDs — Select the Select/Deselect All option and click Blink to start blinking the
component LEDs. Similarly, click Unblink to stop blinking the component LEDs.
● Select or deselect individual component LEDs — Select one or more component(s) and click Blink to start blinking the
selected component LED(s). Similarly, click Unblink to stop blinking the component LEDs.
3. If you select the virtual disk:
● Select or deselect all physical disk drives or PCIe SSDs — Select the Select/Deselect All option and click Blink to start
blinking all the physical disk drives and the PCIe SSDs. Similarly, click Unblink to stop blinking the LEDs.
● Select or deselect individual physical disk drives or PCIe SSDs — Select one or more physical disk drives and click Blink
to start blinking the LEDs for the physical disk drives or the PCIe SSDs. Similarly, click Unblink to stop blinking the LEDs.
4. If you are on the Identify Virtual Disk page:
● Select or deselect all virtual disks — Select the Select/Deselect All option and click Blink to start blinking the LEDs for
all the virtual disks. Similarly, click Unblink to stop blinking the LEDs.
● Select or deselect individual virtual disks — Select one or more virtual disks and click Blink to start blinking the LEDs for
the virtual disks. Similarly, click Unblink to stop blinking the LEDs.
If the blink or unblink operation is not successful, error messages are displayed.
Blinking or unblinking component LEDs using RACADM
To blink or unblink component LEDs, use the following commands:
racadm storage blink:<PD FQDD, VD FQDD, or PCIe SSD FQDD>
racadm storage unblink:<PD FQDD, VD FQDD, or PCIe SSD FQDD>
For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.
Warm reboot
When warm reboot is performed, following behaviors are observed:
● PERC controllers in iDRAC UI are grayed out immediately after warm reboot. They are available once re-inventory is
completed after warm reboot. This is only applicable for PERC controllers and not for NVME/HBA/BOSS.
● Storage files in SupportAssist are empty when PERC controllers are grayed out in GUI.
● LC Logging for PAST event and Critical events are done for PERC during perc reinventory. Rest all LCL for PERC
components are suppressed. LCL resumes after PERC re-inventory finishes.
● You cannot start any Real-time job until PERC re-inventory is finished.
● Telemetry data is not collected until PERC re-inventory is finished.
● After the PERC inventory is finished, the behavior is normal.
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