Open Networking Hardware Diagnostic Guide October 2024
storagetool
The storagetool tests mounted storage media.
Tests
The tool searches for any device in /dev/hd*, sda, sdb, or sdc and tests using them. The tests are file-copy tests to the device in the mounted file system. The files are written, compared, and removed, leaving the file system as it was before the test. You can run more tests using the bonnie++ tool and the tool reads SMART data from the device using the smart option.
The standard test creates a directory on the file system, opens a file for write, copies the file, compares the files, and reports errors. The test repeats 10 times. After the test completes successfully, storagetool removes all the test files.
CLI options
DellEmc Diag - Storage Tool
version 1.1, x.xx.x.x-x
build, 2022/05/20,
Syntax: storagetool <option>
Show the help-text:=
storagetool --h (or)
storagetool -h
Mount usb device when inserted (mandatory):=
storagetool --mountusb (or)
storagetool -m
Unmount usb device before removed (mandatory):=
storagetool --unmountusb (or)
storagetool -u
List devices:=
storagetool --list (or)
storagetool -l
Test devices(empty for all):=
storagetool --test [--dev=<device>] (or)
storagetool -t [-D <device>
Get the smart status for a device
storagetool --smart --dev=<device> (or)
storagetool -S -D <device>
Execute repeatedly command by count:=
storagetool --iteration=max/<count> [option1] [option2]...(or)
storagetool -I max/<count> [option1] [option2]...
Run the bonnie tools on the filesystems:=
storagetool --bonnie (or)
storagetool -B
Usage:
-h, --h Show the help text
-m, --mountusb Mount usb device when inserted (mandatory)
-u, --unmountusb Unmount usb device when inserted (mandatory)
-l, --list List all storage devices
-S, --smart Smart Status
-D, --dev= Device
-T, --test Test using the pre-programmed configuration or use supplied config
-I, --iteration= Iteration command execution
-B, --bonnie Run the bonnie tools on the filesystems
Output
root@dell-diag-os:~# storagetool --list
Mounted Filesystem Devices:
/dev/sda3 / ext4
root@dell-diag-os:~#
root@dell-diag-os:~# storagetool --test --dev=/dev/sda3
Testing Storage Devices ....................... Passed
root@dell-diag-os:~#
root@dell-diag-os:~# storagetool --smart --dev=/dev/sda3
smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [x86_64-linux-3.15.10] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: InnoDisk Corp. - mSATA 3IE
Serial Number: 20160119AA144700000F
Firmware Version: S141002c
User Capacity: 32,017,047,552 bytes [32.0 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate: Solid State Device
Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is: ACS-2 (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is: Mon Jan 1 20:45:44 2001 UTC
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF ENABLE/DISABLE COMMANDS SECTION ===
SMART Enabled.
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 32) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x00) Offline data collection not supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x00) Error logging NOT supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
SCT capabilities: (0x0039) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x0000 000 000 000 Old_age Offline - 0
2 Throughput_Performance 0x0000 000 000 000 Old_age Offline - 0
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0000 000 000 000 Old_age Offline - 0
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0002 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
7 Unknown_SSD_Attribute 0x0000 000 000 000 Old_age Offline - 0
8 Unknown_SSD_Attribute 0x0000 000 000 000 Old_age Offline - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0002 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 3289
10 Unknown_SSD_Attribute 0x0000 000 000 000 Old_age Offline - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0002 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 205
168 Unknown_Attribute 0x0000 000 000 000 Old_age Offline - 0
169 Unknown_Attribute 0x0000 000 000 000 Old_age Offline - 0
175 Program_Fail_Count_Chip 0x0000 000 000 000 Old_age Offline - 0
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0000 000 000 000 Old_age Offline - 0
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x0000 000 000 000 Old_age Offline - 2199023255552
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0000 000 000 000 Old_age Offline - 0
240 Unknown_SSD_Attribute 0x0000 000 000 000 Old_age Offline - 0
225 Unknown_SSD_Attribute 0x0000 000 000 000 Old_age Offline - 0
170 Unknown_Attribute 0x0003 100 100 --- Pre-fail Always - 1966080
173 Unknown_Attribute 0x0002 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 7602213
229 Unknown_Attribute 0x0002 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 88470212370072
236 Unknown_Attribute 0x0002 100 100 --- Old_age Always - 0
235 Unknown_Attribute 0x0002 100 000 --- Old_age Always - 0
176 Erase_Fail_Count_Chip 0x0000 100 000 --- Old_age Offline - 0
Read SMART Log Directory failed: scsi error aborted command
Read SMART Error Log failed: scsi error aborted command
Read SMART Self-test Log failed: scsi error aborted command
Selective Self-tests/Logging not supported
root@dell-diag-os:~#
root@dell-diag-os:~# storagetool --bonnie --dev=/dev/sda3
Using uid:0, gid:0.
Writing with putc()...done
Writing intelligently...done
Rewriting...done
Reading with getc()...done
Reading intelligently...done
start 'em...done...done...done...
Create files in sequential order...done.
Stat files in sequential order...done.
Delete files in sequential order...done.
Create files in random order...done.
Stat files in random order...done.
Delete files in random order...done.
Version 1.03 ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random-
-Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks--
Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP
dell-diag-os 250M 27664 96 245045 62 +++++ +++ 31064 100 +++++ +++ +++++ +++
------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create--------
-Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete--
files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP
32 32494 97 +++++ +++ 31198 66 31739 92 +++++ +++ 26511 56
dell-diag-os,250M,27664,96,245045,62,+++++,+++,31064,100,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,32,32494,97,+++++,+++,31198,66,31739,92,+++++,+++,26511,56
smartctl
To get a usage summary, use the smartctl -h command.
root@dell-diag-os:/opt/dellemc/diag/bin# smartctl -h
smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [x86_64-linux-3.15.10] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
Usage: smartctl [options] device
============================================ SHOW INFORMATION OPTIONS =====
-h, --help, --usage
Display this help and exit
-V, --version, --copyright, --license
Print license, copyright, and version information and exit
-i, --info
Show identity information for device
--identify[=[w][nvb]]
Show words and bits from IDENTIFY DEVICE data (ATA)
-g NAME, --get=NAME
Get device setting: all, aam, apm, lookahead, security, wcache, rcache, wcreorder
-a, --all
Show all SMART information for device
-x, --xall
Show all information for device
--scan
Scan for devices
--scan-open
Scan for devices and try to open each device
================================== SMARTCTL RUN-TIME BEHAVIOR OPTIONS =====
-q TYPE, --quietmode=TYPE (ATA)
Set smartctl quiet mode to one of: errorsonly, silent, noserial
-d TYPE, --device=TYPE
Specify device type to one of: ata, scsi, sat[,auto][,N][+TYPE], usbcypress[,X], usbjmicron[,p][,x][,N], usbsunplus, marvell, areca,N/E, 3ware,N, hpt,L/M/N, megaraid,N, cciss,N, auto, test
-T TYPE, --tolerance=TYPE (ATA)
Tolerance: normal, conservative, permissive, verypermissive
-b TYPE, --badsum=TYPE (ATA)
Set action on bad checksum to one of: warn, exit, ignore
-r TYPE, --report=TYPE
Report transactions (see man page)
-n MODE, --nocheck=MODE (ATA)
No check if: never, sleep, standby, idle (see man page)
============================== DEVICE FEATURE ENABLE/DISABLE COMMANDS =====
-s VALUE, --smart=VALUE
Enable/disable SMART on device (on/off)
-o VALUE, --offlineauto=VALUE (ATA)
Enable/disable automatic offline testing on device (on/off)
-S VALUE, --saveauto=VALUE (ATA)
Enable/disable Attribute autosave on device (on/off)
-s NAME[,VALUE], --set=NAME[,VALUE]
Enable/disable/change device setting: aam,[N|off], apm,[N|off],
lookahead,[on|off], security-freeze, standby,[N|off|now],
wcache,[on|off], rcache,[on|off], wcreorder,[on|off]
======================================= READ AND DISPLAY DATA OPTIONS =====
-H, --health
Show device SMART health status
-c, --capabilities (ATA)
Show device SMART capabilities
-A, --attributes
Show device SMART vendor-specific Attributes and values
-f FORMAT, --format=FORMAT (ATA)
Set output format for attributes: old, brief, hex[,id|val]
-l TYPE, --log=TYPE
Show device log. TYPE: error, selftest, selective, directory[,g|s],
xerror[,N][,error], xselftest[,N][,selftest],
background, sasphy[,reset], sataphy[,reset],
scttemp[sts,hist], scttempint,N[,p],
scterc[,N,M], devstat[,N], ssd,
gplog,N[,RANGE], smartlog,N[,RANGE]
-v N,OPTION , --vendorattribute=N,OPTION (ATA)
Set display OPTION for vendor Attribute N (see man page)
-F TYPE, --firmwarebug=TYPE (ATA)
Use firmware bug workaround:
none, nologdir, samsung, samsung2, samsung3, xerrorlba, swapid
-P TYPE, --presets=TYPE (ATA)
Drive-specific presets: use, ignore, show, showall
-B [+]FILE, --drivedb=[+]FILE (ATA)
Read and replace [add] drive database from FILE
[default is +/usr/etc/smart_drivedb.h
and then /usr/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h]
============================================ DEVICE SELF-TEST OPTIONS =====
-t TEST, --test=TEST
Run test. TEST: offline, short, long, conveyance, force, vendor,N,
select,M-N, pending,N, afterselect,[on|off]
-C, --captive
Do test in captive mode (along with -t)
-X, --abort
Abort any non-captive test on device
=================================================== SMARTCTL EXAMPLES =====
smartctl --all /dev/hda (Prints all SMART information)
smartctl --smart=on --offlineauto=on --saveauto=on /dev/hda
(Enables SMART on first disk)
smartctl --test=long /dev/hda (Executes extended disk self-test)
smartctl --attributes --log=selftest --qu
MODE, --nocheck=MODE (ATA) No check if: never, sleep, standby, idle (see man page)
============== DEVICE FEATURE ENABLE/DISABLE COMMANDS =====
bonnie++
bonnie++ is a test suite for storage devices that runs more comprehensive tests than the standard file system tests using the storagetool. You can run bonnie++ outside of the storagetool, but for logging purposes, use bonnie++ within storagetool.
root@dell-diag-os:/opt/dellemc/diag/bin# bonnie++
You must use the "-u" switch when running as root.
usage: bonnie++ [-d scratch-dir] [-s size(Mb)[:chunk-size(b)]]
[-n number-to-stat[:max-size[:min-size][:num-directories]]]
[-m machine-name]
[-r ram-size-in-Mb]
[-x number-of-tests] [-u uid-to-use:gid-to-use] [-g gid-to-use]
[-q] [-f] [-b] [-p processes | -y]
Version: 1.03
root@dell-diag-os:/opt/dellemc/diag/bin#
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