Viewing Physical Disk Drives Properties Using Racadm; Identifying Physical Disks And Virtual Disks; Assigning Global Hot Spares Using Cmc Web Interface; Assigning Global Hot Spares Using Racadm - Dell EMC PowerEdge VRTX User Manual

Viewing Physical Disk Drives Properties Using RACADM

To view the properties of physical disk drives using RACADM, run the command racadm raid get pdisks —o
For more information, see the Chassis Management Controller for PowerEdge VRTX RACADM Command Line Reference Guide.

Identifying Physical Disks and Virtual Disks

For more information about enabling or disabling the LED-blink feature, see:
• Configuring LED Blinking Using CMC Web Interface
• Configuring LED Blinking Using RACADM

Assigning Global Hot Spares Using CMC Web Interface

To assign or unassign a global hot spare:
1. In the left pane, click Chassis Overview → Storage → Physical Disk → Setup.
The Configure Physical Disks page is displayed.
2. Under the Configure Physical Disks section, from the Physical Disk Actions drop-down menu, select Unassigned or Global
Hotspare for each of the physical disk drives, and then click Apply.
NOTE: Global hot spare assignment is allowed only if at least one virtual disk is present on the corresponding controller.

Assigning Global Hot Spares Using RACADM

To assign global hot spare using RACADM, run the command racadm raid hotspare: -assign yes -type ghs.
For more information about using RACADM commands, see the Chassis Management Controller for PowerEdge VRTX RACADM
Command Line Reference Guide.

Recovering Physical Disks

To recover a physical disks:
1. In the CMC Web Interface, go to Chassis Overview → Storage → Physical Disks → Setup.
2. On the Setup page, under Recover Physical Disks section, select the physical disk that must be recovered and from the drop-
down menu, appropriately select Rebuild Drive, Cancel Rebuild, or Force Online, and then click Apply.

Viewing Virtual Disk Properties Using CMC Web Interface

Make sure that the virtual disks are created.
To view the virtual disk properties:
1. In the left pane, click Chassis Overview → Storage → Virtual Disks → Properties.
2. On the Properties page, under the Virtual Disks section, click the
virtual disk properties:
• Under Basic Virtual Disks Filter section, from the Controller drop-down menut, select controller name, and then click
Apply.
• Click Advanced Filter, select the values for various attributes, and then click Apply.

Viewing Virtual Disk Properties Using RACADM

To view virtual disk properties using RACADM, run the command racadm raid get vdisks -o
. You can also use the following filters to view specific
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