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MD Series: SMCLI Commands for the Physical Disks

Summary: SMCLI Commands for the Physical Disks on a MD-Storage

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Symptoms

You will find description how to Set Physical Disks offline, Start a rebuild manually and Reset Disk Channel Statistics to zero.

Cause

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Resolution

Physical Disks – Set offline
  1. Open a command line on the server or management station where the Modular Disk Storage Manager (MDSM) is installed.
  2. Change into the folder: C:\Programme\Dell\MD Storage Software\MD Storage Manager\client\
  3. Enter the following command (please do not copy):
    • smcli XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY -p PASSWORD -c "set physicalDisk [A,B] operationalState=failed;"
      • XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX = Management IP 1
      • YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY = Management IP 2
      • A = enclosure ID (usually 0 or 1)
      • B = hard disk ID (numbering as on the chassis) 
  4. After that the command is confirmed and executed. If you have not set a password, you can simply omit the string "-p PASSWORD".

Physical Disks – Start rebuild manually
  1. Open a command line on the server or management station where the Modular Disk Storage Manager (MDSM) is installed.
  2. Change into the folder: C:\Programme\Dell\MD Storage Software\MD Storage Manager\client\
  3. Enter the following command (please do not copy):
    • smcli XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY -p PASSWORD -c "start physicalDisk [A,B] reconstruct;"
      • XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX = Management IP 1
      • YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY = Management IP 2
      • A = enclosure ID (usually 0 or 1)
      • B = hard disk ID (numbering as on the chassis)  
  4. After that the command is confirmed and executed. If you have not set a password, you can simply omit the string "-p PASSWORD".

Physical Disks – Reset Disk Channel Statistics to zero
  1. Open a command line on the server or management station where the Modular Disk Storage Manager (MDSM) is installed.
  2. Change into the folder: C:\Programme\Dell\MD Storage Software\MD Storage Manager\client\
  3. Enter the following command (please do not copy):
    • smcli XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY -p PASSWORD -c "clear allPhysicalDiskChannels stats;"
      • XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX = Management IP 1
      • YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY = Management IP 2
      • A = enclosure ID (usually 0 or 1)
      • B = hard disk ID (numbering as on the chassis)  
  4. After that the command is confirmed and executed. If you have not set a password, you can simply omit the string "-p PASSWORD".

Affected Products

PowerVault MD3000, PowerVault MD3000i, PowerVault MD3200, PowerVault MD3200i, PowerVault MD3220, PowerVault MD3220i, PowerVault MD3260, PowerVault MD3260i, PowerVault MD3400, PowerVault MD3420, PowerVault MD3460, PowerVault MD3600F , PowerVault MD3600i, PowerVault MD3620F, PowerVault MD3620i, PowerVault MD3660f, PowerVault MD3660i, PowerVault MD3800f, PowerVault MD3800i, PowerVault MD3820f, PowerVault MD3820i, PowerVault MD3860f, PowerVault MD3860i ...
Article Properties
Article Number: 000124698
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 10 Oct 2022
Version:  4
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