Where can I find perccli tool for PERC H710P ( on server PE R820)? OS is ESXi6.0 ( Linux version might also work)

Hi,

The PERCCLI tool is new for the H730. It is based on the LSI version of the tool, which may work. It is not validated, but you can try it. http://www.lsi.com/support/Pages/download-results.aspx?keyword=megacli

Try the 8.07.14 version.

Thanks Josh,

seems the link you posted is a old one. Now all LSI link are redirected to avagotech and it doesn't show the 8.07.14 version.

Avago bought LSI. Try this one http://www.avagotech.com/cs/Satellite?pagename=AVG2/searchLayout&besbet=no&SearchKeyWord=megacli&searchType=type-AVG_Document_C~Downloads&locale=avg_en&srchradio=null#

It should be the first link [zip] MegaCLI 5.5 P2

Try piping it to less or to a file  MegaCli -AdpAllInfo -aALL | less

Thanks for the quick response Josh!

Are you familar with this tool?

I tried to run it on two machines:

machine 1: PE R720, controller PERC 6/i ( MegaRAID SAS 8888ELP listed as supported in 8.07.14 )

./MegaCli -AdpAllinfo -aAll

Exit Code: 0x00

machine 2: PE R820 controller PERC H710P ( 9265-8i, listed as supported )

./MegaCli -AdpAllinfo -aAll

Exit Code: 0x00

Seems it doesn't show any device.

was following this document en.community.dell.com/.../20440237

5.5P2 doesn't have a Vmware vib file, so I just unpacked the Linux RPM and seems it's running, just not show and device.

hmm, it's still empty:

MegaCli -AdpAllInfo -aALL | less

^M

Exit Code: 0x00
(END)

also tried:

MegaCli -AdpAllInfo -aALL 1>1.log 2>2.err

2.err is empty.

1.log :

Exit Code: 0x00

the first R720 is ESXi 5.5; the second R820 is ESXi 6.0.

The R820 with ESXi 6.0 is the one I want to make megacli work. We just got it, the firmware should be pretty recent.

lspci | grep -i perc
0000:02:00.0 Mass storage controller: LSI / Symbios Logic Dell PERC H710P Adapter [vmhba3]

lspci -nn | grep 0000:02:00.0
0000:02:00.0 Class 0104: 1000:005b [vmhba3]

Is the controller firmware up to date? Does lspci -nn  show the controller?

Thanks, I will give it a try. The LSI link shows the driver but when you click it, it just jump back to home page.

I searched it on http://www.avagotech.com/support/download-search

 then downloaded MR_SAS_StorCLI_1-16-06.zip

The readme file shows it support 9265-8i, finger crossed.

Thank you for your patiences!

why it need to be so hard.

There is a directly runable vmware version storcli in 1-16-06.zip, so I tried it first:

[root@torrdesx11:/tmp/storcli] lspci -nn | grep 0000:02:00.0

0000:02:00.0 Class 0104: 1000:005b [vmhba3]

[root@torrdesx11:/tmp/storcli] lspci | grep 0000:02:00.0
0000:02:00.0 Mass storage controller: LSI / Symbios Logic Dell PERC H710P Adapter [vmhba3]

[root@torrdesx11:/tmp/storcli] ./storcli /call show
Status = Failure
Description = No Controller found

Then I tried to install the vib file:

esxcli software vib install -v=vmware-esx-storcli-1.16.06.vib --no-sig-check

same result:

[root@torrdesx11:/opt/lsi/storcli] ./storcli /call show
Status = Failure
Description = No Controller found

What are you going to use the CLI for? There might be another method to accomplish what you want to do. Have you been able to reboot the servers?

I am trying to follow http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2111266 to use the cli to change the raid configuration. Would like to avoid reboot server if possible ( I have 4 R820 servers ,  each server have 12 raid0 virtual disks, so change it from GUI is really painful ( although if I started to do it that way, it should be already done by now :-) )

But having the cli will be very convenient in case I need to make similar change again.

I have not been able to find anything that says why it is not working on your systems. Maybe someone else in the community has seen this.