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MegaCLI
Notes for the MegaRaid Command Line Interface- See also: MegaRaid *https://wiki.mikejung.biz/LSI
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- MegaCLI
- References
- MegaRaid Hardware Documents
- Get raid controller log
- Raid Controller and Drive Status
- List any drive errors, warnings etc
- List Disk Groups and Disks
- List drives by Enclosure Device ID and Slot Number
- Autorebuild Status
- Query Rebuild Rate
- Enable Disk Drive Cache
- Enable Read-Ahead
- Enable Write Back Cache on Raid Cntroller
- Check Battery Status
- Force Battery Learn Cycle
- Disable Write Cache if battery is bad
- Enable Write Back Cache even if Battery is dead or missing
- Check NCQ status
- Finding faulty drive
- Start Blink LED on srive
- Stop Blink LED on srive
- Contoller Information
- Silence Alarms
- Take drive offline
- Verify drive state
- Example finding failed disk and blinking the led on it
References
- http://erikimh.com/megacli-cheatsheet
- http://wiki.mikejung.biz/LSI
- http://hwraid.le-vert.net/wiki/LSIMegaRAIDSAS
MegaRaid Hardware Documents
- http://www.avagotech.com/products/server-storage/raid-controllers/megaraid-sas-9260-8i#downloads
- http://www.avagotech.com/products/server-storage/raid-controllers/megaraid-sas-9260-8i
Get raid controller log
- MegaCli64 -adpeventlog -getevents -f lsi-events.log -a0 -nolog
Raid Controller and Drive Status
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- /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -LDInfo -LAll -aAll -a0
root@scspcxxx:~# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -LDInfo -LAll -aAll Adapter 0 -- Virtual Drive Information: Virtual Drive: 0 (Target Id: 0) Name : RAID Level : Primary-6, Secondary-0, RAID Level Qualifier-3 Size : 3.635 TB Is VD emulated : No Parity Size : 3.635 TB State : Optimal Strip Size : 64 KB Number Of Drives : 4 Span Depth : 1 Default Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU Current Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU Default Access Policy: Read/Write Current Access Policy: Read/Write Disk Cache Policy : Enabled Encryption Type : None Bad Blocks Exist: No Is VD Cached: No Virtual Drive: 1 (Target Id: 1) Name : RAID Level : Primary-1, Secondary-0, RAID Level Qualifier-0 Size : 1.817 TB Is VD emulated : Yes Mirror Data : 1.817 TB State : Optimal Strip Size : 64 KB Number Of Drives : 2 Span Depth : 1 Default Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU Current Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU Default Access Policy: Read/Write Current Access Policy: Read/Write Disk Cache Policy : Enabled Encryption Type : None Bad Blocks Exist: No Is VD Cached: No Virtual Drive: 2 (Target Id: 2) Name : RAID Level : Primary-1, Secondary-0, RAID Level Qualifier-0 Size : 930.390 GB Is VD emulated : No Mirror Data : 930.390 GB State : Optimal Strip Size : 64 KB Number Of Drives : 2 Span Depth : 1 Default Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU Current Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU Default Access Policy: Read/Write Current Access Policy: Read/Write Disk Cache Policy : Enabled Encryption Type : None Bad Blocks Exist: No Is VD Cached: No
- /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -LDInfo -LAll -aAll -a0
List any drive errors, warnings etc
- /MegaCli64 -CfgDsply -a0 | grep -ie "fail\|error\|inquiry\|\warn\|s.m.a.r.t."
List Disk Groups and Disks
- ./MegaCli64 -CfgDsply -a0
List drives by Enclosure Device ID and Slot Number
- MegaCli64 -PDList -a0|grep -E 'Inquiry|Firmware|Slot|ID'
Autorebuild Status
- /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -AdpAutoRbld -Dsply -a0
* root@scspcxxx:~# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -AdpAutoRbld -Dsply -a0 Adapter 0: AutoRebuild is Enabled.
Query Rebuild Rate
- /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -AdpGetProp RebuildRate -a0
root@scspcxxx:/oldroot/home# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -AdpGetProp RebuildRate -a0 Adapter 0: Rebuild Rate = 30% Exit Code: 0x00
Enable Disk Drive Cache
- /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -LDSetProp -EnDskCache -Immediate -LAll -aAll
root@scspcxxx:~# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -LDSetProp -EnDskCache -Immediate -LAll -aAll Set Disk Cache Policy to Enabled on Adapter 0, VD 0 (target id: 0) success Set Disk Cache Policy to Enabled on Adapter 0, VD 1 (target id: 1) success Set Disk Cache Policy to Enabled on Adapter 0, VD 2 (target id: 2) success Exit Code: 0x00
Enable Read-Ahead
- /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -LDSetProp -RA -Immediate -LALL -aALL
* root@scspcxxx:~# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -LDSetProp -RA -Immediate -LALL -aALL Set Read Policy to ReadAhead on Adapter 0, VD 0 (target id: 0) success Set Read Policy to ReadAhead ./MegaCli64 -CfgDsply -a0 on Adapter 0, VD 1 (target id: 1) success Set Read Policy to ReadAhead on Adapter 0, VD 2 (target id: 2) success Exit Code: 0x00
Enable Write Back Cache on Raid Cntroller
- */opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -LDSetProp WB -LALL -aALL *
- Note: if the battery is low or missing you will see something like this
root@scspcxxx:~# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -LDSetProp WB -LALL -aALL Adapter 0: Get BBU Status Failed. So policy Change to WB will not come into effect immediately Set Write Policy to WriteBack on Adapter 0, VD 0 (target id: 0) success Adapter 0: Get BBU Status Failed.
- Note: if the battery is low or missing you will see something like this
Check Battery Status
- /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -AdpBbuCmd -aAll
root@scspcxxx:~# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -AdpBbuCmd -aAll BBU status for Adapter: 0 BatteryType: iBBU Voltage: 4029 mV Current: 199 mA Temperature: 38 C Battery State: Degraded(Need Attention
Force Battery Learn Cycle
- /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -AdpBbuCmd -BbuLearn -aALL
Disable Write Cache if battery is bad
- MegaCli64 -LDSetProp -NoCachedBadBBU -Immediate -Lall -aAll
Enable Write Back Cache even if Battery is dead or missing
- root@scspcxxx:~# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -LDSetProp -CachedBadBBU -Immediate -Lall -aAll
root@scspcxxx:~# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -LDSetProp -CachedBadBBU -Immediate -Lall -aAll Set Write Cache OK if bad BBU on Adapter 0, VD 0 (target id: 0) success Set Write Cache OK if bad BBU on Adapter 0, VD 1 (target id: 1) success Set Write Cache OK if bad BBU on Adapter 0, VD 2 (target id: 2) success Exit Code: 0x00
Check NCQ status
- /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -AdpGetProp -NCQDsply -aALL
* root@scspcxxx:~# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -AdpGetProp -NCQDsply -aALL Adapter 0: NCQ Status is Enabled Exit Code: 0x00
Finding faulty drive
- MegaCli64 -CfgDsply -a0
Start Blink LED on srive
- MegaCli64 -PdLocate -start -physdrv[252:0] -aALL
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- Note: Enclosure ID: 252, Slot: 0
Stop Blink LED on srive
- MegaCli64 -PdLocate -start -physdrv[252:0] -aALL
- Note: Enclosure ID: 252, Slot: 0
Contoller Information
- MegaCli/MegaCli64 -adpallinfo -a0
Silence Alarms
- MegaCli64 -AdpSetProp AlarmSilence -aALL
Take drive offline
*MegaCli/MegaCli64 -PDOffline -PhysDrv [252:3] -a0-
- Note: * Note: *Enclosure ID: 252, Slot: 3*
Verify drive state
- MegaCli64 -PdInfo -PhysDrv 252:3] -a0 | grep state
- Note: * Note: *Enclosure ID: 252, Slot: 3*
Example finding failed disk and blinking the led on it
- List Drive status - see listing below for output for this example
- MegaCli64 -CfgDsply -a0
- Blink Failing drive
- Note looking at the listing below you will see the following information on the bad drive
- Enclosure Device ID: 252
- Slot Number: 0
- Enclosure position: 0
- MegaCli64 -PdLocate -start -physdrv[252:0] -aALL
- We used Enclosure Device ID: 252 and Slot Number: 0
- Note looking at the listing below you will see the following information on the bad drive
MegaCli64 -CfgDsply -a0 ============================================================================== Adapter: 0 Product Name: LSI 2108 MegaRAID Memory: 512MB BBU: Present Serial No: ============================================================================== Number of DISK GROUPS: 3 DISK GROUP: 0 Number of Spans: 1 SPAN: 0 Span Reference: 0x00 Number of PDs: 4 Number of VDs: 1 Number of dedicated Hotspares: 0 Virtual Drive Information: Virtual Drive: 0 (Target Id: 0) Name : RAID Level : Primary-6, Secondary-0, RAID Level Qualifier-3 Size : 3.635 TB State : Optimal Strip Size : 64 KB Number Of Drives : 4 Span Depth : 1 Default Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU Current Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU Access Policy : Read/Write Disk Cache Policy : Enabled Encryption Type : None Bad Blocks Exist: No Physical Disk Information: Physical Disk: 0 Enclosure Device ID: 252 Slot Number: 0 Enclosure position: 0 Device Id: 5 Sequence Number: 2 Media Error Count: 0 Other Error Count: 0 Predictive Failure Count: 1 Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 347191 PD Type: SAS Raw Size: 1.819 TB [0xe8e088b0 Sectors] Non Coerced Size: 1.818 TB [0xe8d088b0 Sectors] Coerced Size: 1.817 TB [0xe8b6d000 Sectors] Firmware state: Online, Spun Up SAS Address(0): 0x5000c50025e6fbb1 SAS Address(1): 0x0 Connected Port Number: 0(path0) Inquiry Data: SEAGATE ST32000444SS 00069WM345GE FDE Capable: Not Capable FDE Enable: Disable Secured: Unsecured Locked: Unlocked Needs EKM Attention: No Foreign State: None Device Speed: 6.0Gb/s Link Speed: 6.0Gb/s Media Type: Hard Disk Device Drive: Not Certified Drive Temperature :44C (111.20 F) Physical Disk: 1 Enclosure Device ID: 252 Slot Number: 1 Enclosure position: 0 Device Id: 6 Sequence Number: 2 Media Error Count: 0 Other Error Count: 0 Predictive Failure Count: 0 Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0 PD Type: SAS Raw Size: 1.819 TB [0xe8e088b0 Sectors] Non Coerced Size: 1.818 TB [0xe8d088b0 Sectors] Coerced Size: 1.817 TB [0xe8b6d000 Sectors] Firmware state: Online, Spun Up SAS Address(0): 0x5000c50062bcffb1 SAS Address(1): 0x0 Connected Port Number: 6(path0) Inquiry Data: SEAGATE ST2000NM0023 0004Z1X3KAP4 FDE Capable: Not Capable FDE Enable: Disable Secured: Unsecured Locked: Unlocked Needs EKM Attention: No Foreign State: None Device Speed: 6.0Gb/s Link Speed: 6.0Gb/s Media Type: Hard Disk Device Drive: Not Certified Drive Temperature :45C (113.00 F) Physical Disk: 2 Enclosure Device ID: 252 Slot Number: 2 Enclosure position: 0 Device Id: 7 Sequence Number: 2 Media Error Count: 0 Other Error Count: 0 Predictive Failure Count: 0 Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0 PD Type: SAS Raw Size: 1.819 TB [0xe8e088b0 Sectors] Non Coerced Size: 1.818 TB [0xe8d088b0 Sectors] Coerced Size: 1.817 TB [0xe8b6d000 Sectors] Firmware state: Online, Spun Up SAS Address(0): 0x5000c50062bd14cd SAS Address(1): 0x0 Connected Port Number: 1(path0) Inquiry Data: SEAGATE ST2000NM0023 0004Z1X3KA7L FDE Capable: Not Capable FDE Enable: Disable Secured: Unsecured Locked: Unlocked Needs EKM Attention: No Foreign State: None Device Speed: 6.0Gb/s Link Speed: 6.0Gb/s Media Type: Hard Disk Device Drive: Not Certified Drive Temperature :44C (111.20 F) Physical Disk: 3 Enclosure Device ID: 252 Slot Number: 3 Enclosure position: 0 Device Id: 8 Sequence Number: 2 Media Error Count: 0 Other Error Count: 0 Predictive Failure Count: 0 Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0 PD Type: SAS Raw Size: 1.819 TB [0xe8e088b0 Sectors] Non Coerced Size: 1.818 TB [0xe8d088b0 Sectors] Coerced Size: 1.817 TB [0xe8b6d000 Sectors] Firmware state: Online, Spun Up SAS Address(0): 0x5000c50025e5fad5 SAS Address(1): 0x0 Connected Port Number: 3(path0) Inquiry Data: SEAGATE ST32000444SS 00069WM33DYT FDE Capable: Not Capable FDE Enable: Disable Secured: Unsecured Locked: Unlocked Needs EKM Attention: No Foreign State: None Device Speed: 6.0Gb/s Link Speed: 6.0Gb/s Media Type: Hard Disk Device Drive: Not Certified Drive Temperature :39C (102.20 F) DISK GROUP: 1 Number of Spans: 1 SPAN: 0 Span Reference: 0x01 Number of PDs: 2 Number of VDs: 1 Number of dedicated Hotspares: 0 Virtual Drive Information: Virtual Drive: 1 (Target Id: 1) Name : RAID Level : Primary-1, Secondary-0, RAID Level Qualifier-0 Size : 1.817 TB State : Optimal Strip Size : 64 KB Number Of Drives : 2 Span Depth : 1 Default Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU Current Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU Access Policy : Read/Write Disk Cache Policy : Enabled Encryption Type : None Bad Blocks Exist: No Physical Disk Information: Physical Disk: 0 Enclosure Device ID: 252 Slot Number: 4 Enclosure position: 0 Device Id: 10 Sequence Number: 2 Media Error Count: 0 Other Error Count: 0 Predictive Failure Count: 0 Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0 PD Type: SATA Raw Size: 1.819 TB [0xe8e088b0 Sectors] Non Coerced Size: 1.818 TB [0xe8d088b0 Sectors] Coerced Size: 1.817 TB [0xe8b6d000 Sectors] Firmware state: Online, Spun Up SAS Address(0): 0x4433221104000000 Connected Port Number: 7(path0) Inquiry Data: WD-WCAZA8177192WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB0 51.0AB51 FDE Capable: Not Capable FDE Enable: Disable Secured: Unsecured Locked: Unlocked Needs EKM Attention: No Foreign State: None Device Speed: 3.0Gb/s Link Speed: 3.0Gb/s Media Type: Hard Disk Device Drive: Not Certified Drive Temperature :30C (86.00 F) Physical Disk: 1 Enclosure Device ID: 252 Slot Number: 5 Enclosure position: 0 Device Id: 9 Sequence Number: 2 Media Error Count: 0 Other Error Count: 0 Predictive Failure Count: 0 Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0 PD Type: SATA Raw Size: 1.819 TB [0xe8e088b0 Sectors] Non Coerced Size: 1.818 TB [0xe8d088b0 Sectors] Coerced Size: 1.817 TB [0xe8b6d000 Sectors] Firmware state: Online, Spun Up SAS Address(0): 0x4433221105000000 Connected Port Number: 2(path0) Inquiry Data: WD-WMAZA6728709WDC WD20EARX-00PASB0 51.0AB51 FDE Capable: Not Capable FDE Enable: Disable Secured: Unsecured Locked: Unlocked Needs EKM Attention: No Foreign State: None Device Speed: 6.0Gb/s Link Speed: 6.0Gb/s Media Type: Hard Disk Device Drive: Not Certified Drive Temperature :36C (96.80 F) DISK GROUP: 2 Number of Spans: 1 SPAN: 0 Span Reference: 0x02 Number of PDs: 2 Number of VDs: 1 Number of dedicated Hotspares: 0 Virtual Drive Information: Virtual Drive: 2 (Target Id: 2) Name : RAID Level : Primary-1, Secondary-0, RAID Level Qualifier-0 Size : 930.390 GB State : Optimal Strip Size : 64 KB Number Of Drives : 2 Span Depth : 1 Default Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU Current Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU Access Policy : Read/Write Disk Cache Policy : Enabled Encryption Type : None Bad Blocks Exist: No Physical Disk Information: Physical Disk: 0 Enclosure Device ID: 252 Slot Number: 6 Enclosure position: 0 Device Id: 11 Sequence Number: 2 Media Error Count: 0 Other Error Count: 0 Predictive Failure Count: 0 Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0 PD Type: SATA Raw Size: 931.512 GB [0x74706db0 Sectors] Non Coerced Size: 931.012 GB [0x74606db0 Sectors] Coerced Size: 930.390 GB [0x744c8000 Sectors] Firmware state: Online, Spun Up SAS Address(0): 0x4433221106000000 Connected Port Number: 4(path0) Inquiry Data: WD-WMATV0360069WDC WD1002FBYS-01A6B0 03.00C05 FDE Capable: Not Capable FDE Enable: Disable Secured: Unsecured Locked: Unlocked Needs EKM Attention: No Foreign State: None Device Speed: 3.0Gb/s Link Speed: 3.0Gb/s Media Type: Hard Disk Device Drive: Not Certified Drive Temperature :44C (111.20 F) Physical Disk: 1 Enclosure Device ID: 252 Slot Number: 7 Enclosure position: 0 Device Id: 4 Sequence Number: 2 Media Error Count: 0 Other Error Count: 0 Predictive Failure Count: 0 Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0 PD Type: SATA Raw Size: 931.512 GB [0x74706db0 Sectors] Non Coerced Size: 931.012 GB [0x74606db0 Sectors] Coerced Size: 930.390 GB [0x744c8000 Sectors] Firmware state: Online, Spun Up SAS Address(0): 0x4433221107000000 Connected Port Number: 5(path0) Inquiry Data: WD-WMATV0407068WDC WD1002FBYS-01A6B0 03.00C05 FDE Capable: Not Capable FDE Enable: Disable Secured: Unsecured Locked: Unlocked Needs EKM Attention: No Foreign State: None Device Speed: 3.0Gb/s Link Speed: 3.0Gb/s Media Type: Hard Disk Device Drive: Not Certified Drive Temperature :46C (114.80 F)
Topic revision: r9 - 2024-11-01 - MariHassanzada
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