HP A7143A RAID160 SA Controller Support Guide

Configuring the RAID160 SA Controller
saconfig Configuration CLI
Chapter 5108
The channel, SCSI ID, size, and status of each physical disk attached to
the RAID160 SA controller is included in the saconfig <dev_file>
output. If any logical drives have been configured on the RAID160 SA
controller, a detailed description of each logical drive that has been
configured will also be displayed:
# saconfig /dev/ciss6
******************** RAID160 Controller /dev/ciss6 ********************
---------- PHYSICAL DRIVES ----------
Ch ID Size Status
1 0 18.2 GB UNASSIGNED
1 1 18.2 GB UNASSIGNED
1 2 18.2 GB UNASSIGNED
1 3 18.2 GB UNASSIGNED
In the example above, there are 4 physical disks attached to the
RAID160 SA controller (/dev/ciss6). No logical drive has been configured.
Adding a Spare Disk Drive
The saconfig /dev/cissX -A <Logical drive #> -s
<Channel:Target> command is used to add a spare physical disk to an
existing logical drive:
# saconfig /dev/ciss7 -A 0 -s 1:3
Spare drive 1:3 added to Logical drive 0
You can add multiple spare physical disks to a logical drive, depending
on the number of physical disks in the array that are not in use.
Deleting a Spare Disk Drive
The saconfig /dev/cissX -D <Logical Drive #> -s
<Channel:Target> command is used to delete a spare physical disk from
an existing logical drive:
# saconfig /dev/ciss7 -D 0 -s 1:3
Spare drive 1:3 deleted from Logical drive 0
You can delete all the spare drives of logical drive 0 at once with the
following command