PERC H700 MegaCLI command?

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This is spun off from:https://www.dell.com/community/PowerEdge-Hardware-General/PERC-H700-MegaCLI-command/m-p/4597573I have a PowerEdge T310 with a PERC H700 RAID card. it works fine. For example:$ inxi -RD Drives: Local Storage: total: 2.05 TiB used: 17.62 GiB (0.8%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Dell PowerEdge RAID Card model: PERC H700 size: 232.25 GiB ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Dell PowerEdge RAID Card model: PERC H700 size: 1.82 TiB RAID: Hardware-1: Broadcom / LSI MegaRAID SAS 2108 [Liberator] driver: megaraid_sasNow I found someone with the self same problem and a solution here:https://serverfault.com/questions/198367/how-can-i-manage-dell-h700-raid-controllers-from-the-linux-command-lineAlas, this like anything else on the subject of these old severs and cars is ... old. And since it was published LSI seems to have disappeared and redirects to Broadcomm and Broadcomm pro provide solutions for 'MegaRAID SAS 2108' and all of it with great Linux support too which rocks.Alas none of it works. That is the provide MegaCLI version 5.3 to 5.5 and I've tried them all and they simply do this:$ /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -AdpAllInfo -aALL Exit Code: 0x00While Greg Smith reports:# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -AdpAllInfo -aALL Adapter #0 ============================================================================== Versions ================ Product Name : PERC H700 Integrated Serial No : 0000000 FW Package Build: 12.10.0-0025How does my situation differ from Greg's? He is using MegaCLI 5.0 ( version 8.01.06 from 28-FEB-11)Alas I cannot find MegaCLI 5.0 anywhere.Another happy customer is here with 8.01.06:https://marcus.bointon.com/updating-perc-6i-raid-bios-on-ubuntu/And happy users here:http://trac.biostr.washington.edu/trac/wiki/MegaRaid(happy that they worked out how to use it given LSI's documentation was bad they claim ;-).I find a 32bit rpm here:http://repo.semantico.net/redhat/6Server/os/x86_64/Oddly filed under 64 bit and of course is 32 bit and won't install as I'm on a x86_64 architecture. Even enabling 32bit architecture on the machine does not facilitate a successful conversion. Based on the downloads so far I guess I'm looking forMegaCli-8.01.06-1.noarch.rpmAlas cannot find that at all.Perhaps if I find an actual 32bit Linux OS (perhaps in a VirtualBox) then alien will convert it to a deb.In the mean time I reach out for community support as well. Basically has anyone got MegaCLI running on Ubuntu 20.04 on a PowerEgde T310 with a PERC H700? Or am I a unique beast?

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No replies, and no help from either Dell or the Dell community so I'm glad I found the solution independently. It turns out that if I follow the instructions here:

https://www.mybluelinux.com/debian-linux-and-lsi-megaraid-sas/

using the xenial main (the latest repo supported) in spit of running on focal it installs megacli and then all I needed to realise was that megacli needs to run as root to see the adapter. So:

$ megacli -adpCount
Controller Count: 0.
Exit Code: 0x00
$ sudo megacli -adpCount
Controller Count: 1.
Exit Code: 0x01

And so:

$ sudo megaclisas-status
-- Controller information --
-- ID | H/W Model         | RAM    | Temp | BBU    | Firmware     
c0    | PERC H700 Adapter | 512MB  | N/A  | Good   | FW: 12.10.7-0001 

-- Array information --
-- ID | Type   |    Size |  Strpsz |   Flags | DskCache |   Status |  OS Path | CacheCade        |InProgress   
c0u0  | RAID-1 |    232G |   64 KB | ADRA,WB |  Default |  Optimal | /dev/sda | Type : Read Only |None         
c0u1  | RAID-1 |   1818G |   64 KB | ADRA,WB |  Default |  Optimal | /dev/sdb | Type : Read Only |None         

-- Disk information --
-- ID   | Type | Drive Model                                   | Size     | Status          | Speed    | Temp | Slot ID  | LSI ID  
c0u0p0  | HDD  | WD-WCAT1F661705WDC WD2502ABYS-18B7A0 02.03B05 | 232. Gb  | Online, Spun Up | 3.0Gb/s  | N/A  | [32:0]   | 0       
c0u0p1  | HDD  | WD-WCAT1F676236WDC WD2502ABYS-18B7A0 02.03B05 | 232. Gb  | Online, Spun Up | 3.0Gb/s  | N/A  | [32:1]   | 1       
c0u1p0  | HDD  | ST2000DM008-2FR102 0001 ZFL0V6WQ              | 1.818 TB | Online, Spun Up | 6.0Gb/s  | N/A  | [32:2]   | 2       
c0u1p1  | HDD  | ST2000DM008-2FR102 0001 ZFL0V6PW              | 1.818 TB | Online, Spun Up | 6.0Gb/s  | N/A  | [32:3]   | 3

and

$ sudo megacli -AdpAllInfo -aAll
                                     
Adapter #0

==============================================================================
                    Versions
                ================
Product Name    : PERC H700 Adapter
Serial No       : 06C00DH
FW Package Build: 12.10.7-0001

                    Mfg. Data
                ================
Mfg. Date       : 06/17/10
Rework Date     : 06/17/10
Revision No     : A00
Battery FRU     : N/A

                Image Versions in Flash:
                ================
BIOS Version       : 3.18.00_4.09.05.00_0x0416A000
FW Version         : 2.100.03-4651
Preboot CLI Version: 04.04-010:#%00008
Ctrl-R Version     : 2.02-0025.1
NVDATA Version     : 2.07.03-0003
Boot Block Version : 2.02.00.00-0000
BOOT Version       : 01.250.04.219

                Pending Images in Flash
                ================
None

                PCI Info
                ================
Controller Id	: 0000
Vendor Id       : 1000
Device Id       : 0079
SubVendorId     : 1028
SubDeviceId     : 1f16

Host Interface  : PCIE

Link Speed 	     : 0 
Number of Frontend Port: 0 
Device Interface  : PCIE

Number of Backend Port: 8 
Port  :  Address
0        4433221104000000 
1        4433221105000000 
2        4433221107000000 
3        4433221106000000 
4        0000000000000000 
5        0000000000000000 
6        0000000000000000 
7        0000000000000000 

                HW Configuration
                ================
SAS Address      : 5842b2b016b7c900
BBU              : Present
Alarm            : Absent
NVRAM            : Present
Serial Debugger  : Present
Memory           : Present
Flash            : Present
Memory Size      : 512MB
TPM              : Absent
On board Expander: Absent
Upgrade Key      : Absent
Temperature sensor for ROC    : Absent
Temperature sensor for controller    : Absent


                Settings
                ================
Current Time                     : 11:23:12 1/6, 2022
Predictive Fail Poll Interval    : 300sec
Interrupt Throttle Active Count  : 16
Interrupt Throttle Completion    : 50us
Rebuild Rate                     : 30%
PR Rate                          : 30%
BGI Rate                         : 30%
Check Consistency Rate           : 30%
Reconstruction Rate              : 30%
Cache Flush Interval             : 4s
Max Drives to Spinup at One Time : 4
Delay Among Spinup Groups        : 12s
Physical Drive Coercion Mode     : 128MB
Cluster Mode                     : Disabled
Alarm                            : Disabled
Auto Rebuild                     : Enabled
Battery Warning                  : Enabled
Ecc Bucket Size                  : 255
Ecc Bucket Leak Rate             : 240 Minutes
Restore HotSpare on Insertion    : Disabled
Expose Enclosure Devices         : Disabled
Maintain PD Fail History         : Disabled
Host Request Reordering          : Enabled
Auto Detect BackPlane Enabled    : SGPIO/i2c SEP
Load Balance Mode                : Auto
Use FDE Only                     : Yes
Security Key Assigned            : No
Security Key Failed              : No
Security Key Not Backedup        : No
Default LD PowerSave Policy      : Controller Defined
Maximum number of direct attached drives to spin up in 1 min : 0 
Auto Enhanced Import             : No
Any Offline VD Cache Preserved   : No
Allow Boot with Preserved Cache  : No
Disable Online Controller Reset  : No
PFK in NVRAM                     : No
Use disk activity for locate     : No
POST delay			 : 90 seconds
BIOS Error Handling          	 : Stop On Errors
Current Boot Mode 		  :Normal
                Capabilities
                ================
RAID Level Supported             : RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, RAID6, RAID00, RAID10, RAID50, RAID60, PRL 11, PRL 11 with spanning, PRL11-RLQ0 DDF layout with no span, PRL11-RLQ0 DDF layout with span
Supported Drives                 : SAS, SATA

Allowed Mixing:

Mix in Enclosure Allowed

                Status
                ================
ECC Bucket Count                 : 0

                Limitations
                ================
Max Arms Per VD          : 32 
Max Spans Per VD         : 8 
Max Arrays               : 128 
Max Number of VDs        : 64 
Max Parallel Commands    : 1008 
Max SGE Count            : 60 
Max Data Transfer Size   : 8192 sectors 
Max Strips PerIO         : 42 
Max LD per array         : 16 
Min Strip Size           : 8 KB
Max Strip Size           : 1.0 MB
Max Configurable CacheCade Size: 0 GB
Current Size of CacheCade      : 0 GB
Current Size of FW Cache       : 394 MB

                Device Present
                ================
Virtual Drives    : 2 
  Degraded        : 0 
  Offline         : 0 
Physical Devices  : 5 
  Disks           : 4 
  Critical Disks  : 0 
  Failed Disks    : 0 

                Supported Adapter Operations
                ================
Rebuild Rate                    : Yes
CC Rate                         : Yes
BGI Rate                        : Yes
Reconstruct Rate                : Yes
Patrol Read Rate                : Yes
Alarm Control                   : Yes
Cluster Support                 : No
BBU                             : Yes
Spanning                        : Yes
Dedicated Hot Spare             : Yes
Revertible Hot Spares           : Yes
Foreign Config Import           : Yes
Self Diagnostic                 : Yes
Allow Mixed Redundancy on Array : No
Global Hot Spares               : Yes
Deny SCSI Passthrough           : No
Deny SMP Passthrough            : No
Deny STP Passthrough            : No
Support Security                : Yes
Snapshot Enabled                : No
Support the OCE without adding drives : Yes
Support PFK                     : No
Support PI                      : No
Support Boot Time PFK Change    : No
Disable Online PFK Change       : No
Support Shield State            : No
Block SSD Write Disk Cache Change: No

                Supported VD Operations
                ================
Read Policy          : Yes
Write Policy         : Yes
IO Policy            : Yes
Access Policy        : Yes
Disk Cache Policy    : Yes
Reconstruction       : Yes
Deny Locate          : No
Deny CC              : No
Allow Ctrl Encryption: No
Enable LDBBM         : Yes
Support Breakmirror  : No
Power Savings        : No

                Supported PD Operations
                ================
Force Online                            : Yes
Force Offline                           : Yes
Force Rebuild                           : Yes
Deny Force Failed                       : No
Deny Force Good/Bad                     : No
Deny Missing Replace                    : No
Deny Clear                              : No
Deny Locate                             : No
Support Temperature                     : No
NCQ                                     : No
Disable Copyback                        : No
Enable JBOD                             : No
Enable Copyback on SMART                : No
Enable Copyback to SSD on SMART Error   : No
Enable SSD Patrol Read                  : No
PR Correct Unconfigured Areas           : Yes
Enable Spin Down of UnConfigured Drives : No
Disable Spin Down of hot spares         : Yes
Spin Down time                          : 30 
T10 Power State                         : No
                Error Counters
                ================
Memory Correctable Errors   : 0 
Memory Uncorrectable Errors : 0 

                Cluster Information
                ================
Cluster Permitted     : No
Cluster Active        : No

                Default Settings
                ================
Phy Polarity                     : 0 
Phy PolaritySplit                : 0 
Background Rate                  : 30 
Strip Size                       : 64kB
Flush Time                       : 4 seconds
Write Policy                     : WB
Read Policy                      : Adaptive
Cache When BBU Bad               : Disabled
Cached IO                        : No
SMART Mode                       : Mode 6
Alarm Disable                    : Yes
Coercion Mode                    : 128MB
ZCR Config                       : Unknown
Dirty LED Shows Drive Activity   : No
BIOS Continue on Error           : 0 
Spin Down Mode                   : None
Allowed Device Type              : SAS/SATA Mix
Allow Mix in Enclosure           : Yes
Allow HDD SAS/SATA Mix in VD     : No
Allow SSD SAS/SATA Mix in VD     : No
Allow HDD/SSD Mix in VD          : No
Allow SATA in Cluster            : No
Max Chained Enclosures           : 1 
Disable Ctrl-R                   : No
Enable Web BIOS                  : No
Direct PD Mapping                : Yes
BIOS Enumerate VDs               : Yes
Restore Hot Spare on Insertion   : No
Expose Enclosure Devices         : No
Maintain PD Fail History         : No
Disable Puncturing               : No
Zero Based Enclosure Enumeration : Yes
PreBoot CLI Enabled              : No
LED Show Drive Activity          : Yes
Cluster Disable                  : Yes
SAS Disable                      : No
Auto Detect BackPlane Enable     : SGPIO/i2c SEP
Use FDE Only                     : Yes
Enable Led Header                : No
Delay during POST                : 2 
EnableCrashDump                  : No
Disable Online Controller Reset  : No
EnableLDBBM                      : Yes
Un-Certified Hard Disk Drives    : Allow
Treat Single span R1E as R10     : Yes
Max LD per array                 : 16
Power Saving option              : All power saving options are disabled
Default spin down time in minutes: 30 
Enable JBOD                      : No
TTY Log In Flash                 : No
Auto Enhanced Import             : No
BreakMirror RAID Support         : No
Disable Join Mirror              : No
Enable Shield State              : No
Time taken to detect CME         : 60s

Exit Code: 0x00

And all is good. MegaCLI is installed and it works.

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PERC H700 MegaCLI command?

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