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I just want to view RAID status via command line

W Sanders_1 — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:19:11 GMT

I am looking for the simple command line tool that will display status of the Smart Array 5i on a DL380, analogous to the Dell "omreport" command. Cpqacuxe does not give me this info and I do not want to run HPSIM.

Does such a tool exist?

Thanks.

Re: I just want to view RAID status via command line

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:46:35 GMT

Would help to know your Linux distribution.

This may help with RH

/bin/cat /proc/mdstat
mdadm -D /dev/md0

These two commands are the basis for raid reporting. If you man mdadm, you should be able to develop the commands you need.

SEP

Re: I just want to view RAID status via command line

Eric van Dijken — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 05:59:33 GMT

Not sure if this is what you want, but the PSP (Proliant Support Pack) has a CLI tool, called "hpacucli".

# hpacucli controller all show status

Smart Array 5i in Slot 0
Controller Status: OK
Cache Status: OK

Re: I just want to view RAID status via command line

TwoProc — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:15:25 GMT

Not a direct answer to your question - but interesting to note that "cat /proc/driver/cciss" will tell you what drives you've got for that controller, their raid level, and size (but not status)...

Re: I just want to view RAID status via command line

W Sanders_1 — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:23:56 GMT

Thanks Eric - that's what I'm looking for. Do you know which RPM it's in? I installed everything but the NIC drivers and agents and a file called "hpacucli" was not added to the system.

I'm running RHEL3 BTW, the /proc/mdstat device is there but that's SW RAID.

Re: I just want to view RAID status via command line

Vitaly Karasik_1 — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 03:22:17 GMT

You should install hpacucli-7.20-16.linux.rpm (http://h18004.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/download/21618.html), after installation just run /usr/sbin/hpacucli

Re: I just want to view RAID status via command line

Eric van Dijken — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 03:25:01 GMT

The RPM is: hpacucli-7.20-16.linux.rpm
Which comes from the Proliant Support Pack (PSP) psp-7.20.rhel3.linux.en.tar.gz.

Which can be found at:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/psp/index.html

Other usefull commands are:
"hpacucli ctrl slot=0 logicaldrive all show status" and "hpacucli ctrl slot=0 physicaldrive all show status"

Re: I just want to view RAID status via command line

W Sanders_1 — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:32:08 GMT

Thanks Eric and Vitaly, the PSP 7.11, which is available elsewhere on hp.com, does not contain the hpacucli program. The 7.20 version does.