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Dell PowerVault ME5 Series Storage System CLI Reference Guide

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drives

This basetype is used by show configuration and show disks.

Table 1. drives properties
Name Type Description
durable-id string Disk ID in the format disk_enclosure-ID.slot-number.
enclosure-id uint32 Enclosure ID.
drawer-id uint8 For a 2U12 or 2U24 enclosure: Not applicable.

For a 5U84 enclosure:

  • 0: Top
  • 1: Bottom
slot uint32 Disk slot number.
location string Enclosure ID of the disk and slot number.
url string For internal use only.
port uint32 For internal use only.
scsi-id uint32 SCSI ID assigned to this disk for the primary channel.
blocksize uint32 The size of a block, in bytes.
blocks uint64 The number of blocks, whose size is specified by the blocksize property.
serial-number string Disk serial number.
vendor string Disk vendor.
model string Disk model.
revision string Disk firmware revision level.
secondary-channel uint32 SCSI ID assigned to this disk for the secondary channel.
container-index uint32 Container index.
member-index uint32 Index for this disk in the disk group list.
description string Disk description.
  • SAS: Enterprise SAS spinning disk.
  • SAS MDL: Midline SAS spinning disk.
  • SSD SAS: SAS solid-state disk.
description-numeric uint32 Numeric equivalents for description values.
  • 4: SAS
  • 8: SSD SAS
  • 11: SAS MDL
architecture string Disk architecture.
  • HDD
  • SSD
architecture-numeric uint32 Numeric equivalents for architecture values.
  • 0: SSD
  • 1: HDD
interface string Disk interface.
  • SAS
interface-numeric uint32 Numeric equivalents for interface values.
  • 0: SAS
single-ported string
  • Disabled: The disk has a dual-port connection to the midplane.
  • Enabled: The disk has a single-port connection to the midplane.
single-ported-numeric uint32 Numeric equivalents for single-ported values.
  • 0: Disabled
  • 1: Enabled
type string Deprecated. See description, architecture, interface, and single-ported.
type-numeric uint32 Deprecated. See description-numeric, architecture-numeric, interface-numeric, and single-ported-numeric.
usage string Shows the usage of the disk.
  • AVAIL: The disk is available.
  • DEDICATED SP: The disk is a spare assigned to a linear disk group.
  • FAILED: The disk is unusable and must be replaced. Reasons for this status include: excessive media errors, SMART error, disk hardware failure, or unsupported disk.
  • GLOBAL SP: The disk is a global spare.
  • LEFTOVR: The disk is a leftover.
  • LINEAR POOL: The disk is a member of a linear disk group.
  • UNUSABLE : The disk cannot be used in a disk group. Possible reasons include:
    • The system is secured and the disk is data locked with a different passphrase.
    • The system is secured/locked (no passphrase available) and the disk is data/locked.
    • The system is secured and the disk is not FDE capable.
    • The disk is from an unsupported vendor.
  • UNUSABLE: The disk cannot be used in a disk group because the disk is from an unsupported vendor.
  • VIRTUAL POOL: The disk is a member of a disk group in a virtual pool.
usage-numeric uint32 Numeric equivalents for usage values.
  • 0: AVAIL
  • 1: LINEAR POOL
  • 2: DEDICATED SP
  • 3: GLOBAL SP
  • 5: LEFTOVR
  • 7: FAILED
  • 8: UNUSABLE
  • 9: VIRTUAL POOL
job-running string Job running on the disk, if any.
  • (blank): No job running.
  • DRSC: The disk is being scrubbed.
  • EXPD: The disk group is being expanded.
  • INIT: The disk group is being initialized.
  • PRERCON: The disk is being used in a preemptive reconstruct operation.
  • RBAL: The ADAPT disk group is being rebalanced.
  • REFT: The ADAPT disk group's fault-tolerant stripes are being rebalanced.
  • VDRAIN: The virtual disk group is being removed and its data is being drained to another disk group.
  • VPREP: The virtual disk group is being prepared for use in a virtual pool.
  • VRECV: The virtual disk group is being recovered to restore its membership in the virtual pool.
  • VREMV: The disk group and its data are being removed.
  • VRFY: The disk group is being verified.
  • VRSC: The disk group is being scrubbed.
job-running-numeric uint32 Numeric equivalent for the job-running value.
  • 0: None
  • 2: INIT
  • 3: RCON
  • 4: VRFY
  • 5: EXPD
  • 6: VRSC
  • 7: DRSC
  • 9: VREMV
  • 12: VPREP
  • 13: VDRAIN
  • 14: VRECV
  • 15: PRERCON
  • 16: RBAL
  • 17: REFT
state string Deprecated. See usage and job-running.
current-job-completion string
  • 0%–99%: Percent complete of running job.
  • (blank): No job is running (job has completed).
remanufacture string Not supported.
remanufacture-numeric string Not supported.
supports-unmap string
  • Yes: The disk supports the SCSI UNMAP command.
  • No: The disk does not support the SCSI UNMAP command.
supports-unmap-numeric uint32 Numeric equivalent for the supports-unmap value.
  • 0: No
  • 1: Yes
blink uint32 Deprecated. For locator LED status, see locator-led.
locator-led string Shows the state of the locator LED on a disk.
  • Off
  • on
locator-led-numeric uint32 Numeric equivalent for the locator-led value.
  • 0: Off
  • 1: On
speed uint32 Not used.
smart string
  • Disabled: SMART is disabled for this disk.
  • Enabled: SMART is enabled for this disk.
smart-numeric uint32 Numeric equivalents for smart values.
  • 0: Disabled
  • 1: Enabled
dual-port uint32
  • 0: Single-ported disk.
  • 1: Dual-ported disk.
error uint32 Not used.
fc-p1-channel uint32 Port 1 channel ID.
fc-p1-device-id uint32 Port 1 device ID.
fc-p1-node-wwn string Port 1 WWNN.
fc-p1-port-wwn string Port 1 WWPN.
fc-p1-unit-number uint32 Port 1 unit number.
fc-p2-channel uint32 Port 2 channel number.
fc-p2-device-id uint32 Port 2 device ID.
fc-p2-node-wwn string Port 2 WWNN.
fc-p2-port-wwn string Port 2 WWNN.
fc-p2-unit-number uint32 Port 2 unit number.
drive-down-code uint8 Numeric code indicating why the disk is down.
owner string Current owner, which is either the preferred owner during normal operation or the partner controller when the preferred owner is offline.
  • A: Controller A.
  • B: Controller B.
owner-numeric uint32 Numeric equivalents for owner values.
  • 0: B
  • 1: A
index uint32 For internal use only.
rpm uint32 The speed of a spinning disk, in thousands of revolutions per minute, as specified by the disk vendor. For an SSD, 0 is shown.
size string Disk capacity, formatted to use the current base, precision, and units.
size-numeric uint64 Unformatted size value in blocks.
sector-format string The disk sector format.
  • 512n: The disk uses 512-byte native sector size. Each logical block and physical block is 512 bytes.
  • 512e: The disk uses 512-byte emulated sector size. Each logical block is 512 bytes and each physical block is 4096 bytes. Eight logical blocks will be stored sequentially in each physical block. Logical blocks may or may not be aligned with physical block boundaries.
sector-format-numeric uint32 Numeric equivalents for sector-format values.
  • 0: 512n
  • 1: 512e
transfer-rate string Disk data transfer rate in Gbit/s. It is normal behavior for the rate to vary.
  • 1.5
  • 3.0
  • 6.0
  • 12.0
Some 6 Gbit/s disks might not consistently support a 6 Gbit/s transfer rate. If this happens, the controller automatically adjusts transfers to those disks to3 Gbit/s, increasing reliability and reducing error messages with little impact on system performance. This rate adjustment persists until the controller is restarted or power-cycled.
transfer-rate-numeric uint32 For internal use only.
attributes string Shows which controller a single-ported disk is connected to.
  • A: Controller A.
  • B: Controller B.
attributes-numeric uint32 For internal use only.
enclosure-wwn string Enclosure WWN.
enclosures-url string For internal use only.
status string Disk status.
  • Up: The disk is present and is properly communicating with the expander.
  • Spun Down: The disk is present and has been spun down by the drive spin down feature.
  • Warning: The disk is present but the system is having communication problems with the disk LED processor. For disk and midplane types where this processor also controls power to the disk, power-on failure will result in Error status.
  • Error: The disk is present but is not detected by the expander.
  • Unknown: Initial status when the disk is first detected or powered on.
  • Not Present: The disk slot indicates that no disk is present.
  • Unrecoverable: The disk is present but has unrecoverable errors.
  • Unavailable: The disk is present but cannot communicate with the expander.
  • Unsupported: The disk is present but is an unsupported type.
recon-state string The state of the disk (source or destination) if it is involved in a reconstruct operation.
  • From: This disk is being used as the source of a reconstruct operation.
  • To: This disk is being used as the target of a reconstruct operation.
  • N/A: This disk is not being used in a reconstruct operation.
recon-state-numeric uint32 Numeric equivalents for recon-state values.
  • 0: N/A
  • 1: From
  • 2: To
copyback-state string Not supported.
copyback-state-numeric uint32 Not supported.
virtual-disk-serial string If the disk is in a linear disk group, the disk group name. Otherwise, blank.
disk-group string If the disk is in a disk group, the disk group name. Otherwise, blank.
storage-pool-name string If the disk is in a pool, the pool name. Otherwise, blank.
storage-tier string
  • Archive: The disk is in the lowest storage tier, which uses midline spinning SAS disks (<10k RPM, high capacity).
  • N/A: Not applicable.
  • Performance: The disk is in the highest storage tier, which uses SSDs (high speed).
  • Read Cache: The disk is an SSD providing high-speed read cache for a storage pool.
  • Standard: The disk is in the storage tier that uses enterprise-class spinning SAS disks (10k/15k RPM).
storage-tier-numeric uint32 Numeric equivalent for the storage-tier value.
  • 0: N/A
  • 1: Performance
  • 2: Standard
  • 4: Archive
  • 8: Read Cache
ssd-life-left string
  • 100%-0%: For an SSD, this value shows the percentage of disk life remaining. This value is polled every 5 minutes. When the value decreases to 20%, event 502 is logged with Informational severity. Event 502 is logged again with Warning severity when the value decreases to 5%, 2% or 1%, and 0%. If a disk crosses more than one percentage threshold during a polling period, only the lowest percentage will be reported.
  • N/A: The disk is not an SSD.
ssd-life-left-numeric uint32 Numeric equivalent for the ssd-life-left value.
  • 0–100
  • 255: N/A
led-status string Disk LED status.
  • Rebuild: The disk's disk group is being reconstructed.
  • Fault: The disk has a fault.
  • ID: The disk's identification LED is illuminated.
  • Blank if the disk is not part of a disk group or is spun down.
led-status-numeric uint32 Numeric equivalent for the led-status value.
  • 2: Rebuild
  • 4: Fault
  • 16: ID
disk-dsd-count uint32 Number of times the DSD feature has spun down this disk.
spun-down uint32 Shows whether the disk is spun down by the DSD feature.
  • 0: Not spun down.
  • 1: Spun down.
number-of-ios uint64 Total number of I/O operations (reads and writes).
total-data-transferred string The total number of bytes transferred.
total-data-transferred-numeric uint64 Unformatted total-data-transferred value.
avg-rsp-time uint64 Average I/O response time in microseconds.
fde-state string The FDE state of the disk.
  • Unknown: The FDE state is unknown.
  • Not FDE Capable: The disk is not FDE-capable.
  • Not Secured: The disk is not secured.
  • Secured, Unlocked: The system is secured and the disk is unlocked.
  • Secured, Locked: The system is secured and the disk is locked to data access, preventing its use.
  • FDE Protocol Failure: A temporary state that can occur while the system is securing the disk.
fde-state-numeric uint32 Numeric equivalents for fde-state values.
  • 0: UNKNOWN
  • 1: Not FDE Capable
  • 2: Not Secured
  • 3: Secured, Unlocked
  • 4: Secured, Locked
  • 5: FDE Protocol Failure
lock-key-id string Current lock ID, or 00000000 if not set.
import-lock-key-id string Import lock ID, or 00000000 if not set.
fde-config-time string If the system is secured, the time at which the current lock ID was set in the format year-month-day hour:minutes:seconds (UTC). Otherwise, N/A.
fde-config-time-numeric uint32 Unformatted fde-config-time value.
temperature string Temperature of the disk.
temperature-numeric uint32 Numeric equivalent for the temperature value.
temperature-status string
  • OK: The disk sensor is present and detects no error condition.
  • Warning: The disk sensor detected a non-critical error condition. The temperature is between the warning and critical thresholds.
  • Critical: The disk sensor detected a critical error condition. The temperature currently exceeds the critical threshold.
  • Unknown: The disk sensor is present but status is not available.
temperature-status-numeric uint32 Numeric equivalents for temperature-status values.
  • 1: OK
  • 2: Critical
  • 3: Warning
  • other: Unknown
pi-formatted string Not supported.
pi-formatted-numeric unit32 Not supported.
power-on-hours unit32 The total number of hours that the disk has been powered on since it was manufactured. This value is stored in disk metadata and is updated in 30- minute increments.
extended-status uint64 A bitmap that represents all alert conditions active on the component. If no conditions are active, 0
  • 0x00000000: OK
  • 0x00000001: Single-pathed, A down
  • 0x00000002: SSD exhausted
  • 0x00000004: Degraded warning
  • 0x00000008: Spun down
  • 0x00000010: Downed by user
  • 0x00000020: Reconstruction failed
  • 0x00000040: Leftover, no reason
  • 0x00000080: Previously missing
  • 0x00000100: Medium error
  • 0x00000200: SMART event
  • 0x00000400: Hardware failure
  • 0x00000800: Foreign disk unlocked
  • 0x00001000: Non-FDE disk
  • 0x00002000: FDE protocol failure
  • 0x00004000: Using alternate path
  • 0x00008000: Initialization failed
  • 0x00010000: Unsupported type
  • 0x00040000: Recovered errors
  • 0x00080000: Unexpected leftover
  • 0x00100000: Not auto-secured
  • 0x00200000: SSD nearly exhausted
  • 0x00400000: Degraded critical
  • 0x00800000: Single-pathed, B down
  • 0x01000000: Foreign disk secured
  • 0x02000000: Foreign disk secured and locked
  • 0x04000000: Unexpected usage
  • 0x08000000: Enclosure fault sensed
  • 0x10000000: Unsupported block size
  • 0x20000000: Unsupported vendor
  • 0x40000000: Timed-out
  • 0x200000000: Preemptive pending degraded
health string Disk health.
  • OK
  • Degraded
  • Fault
  • Unknown
  • N/A
health-numeric uint32 Numeric equivalents for health values.
  • 0: OK
  • 1: Degraded
  • 2: Fault
  • 3: Unknown
  • 4: N/A
health-reason string If Health is not OK, the reason for the health state.
health-reason-numeric uint32 Numeric equivalent for the health-reason value.
health-recommendation string If Health is not OK, the recommended actions to take to resolve the health issue.
health-recommendation-numeric uint32 Numeric equivalent for the health-recommendation value.
conditions Embedded; see health-conditions.

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