Show RAID and disks in Windows Server

Hi !

Thanks for the quick answer :) All I can see for now is a Perc H330 board. Is the iDrac supposed to show in the device manager ?

Are OMSA and Racdam free to download and use without licence concern ?

Thanks again !

@BenCo34​ 

Is the iDrac supposed to show in the device manager ?

No.. the iDRAC is the integrated Dell Remote Access Card.... its ILO, iRMC (how other vendors named there solutions)

Every Dell server have an iDRAC but i comes in different flavours like Basic/Express or Enterprise or Enterprise Adv. So you get different features.

The iDRAC normaly have a dedicated NIC(the one with the wrench symbol) or share one of the LOMs with your GuestOS(not so common).

If your PowerEdge have the LCD Bezel you can look how iDRAC is setup or you can configure it.

Same and more is possible with racadm.exe (its a command line tool)

Regards,
Joerg

Ok thank you very much ! I will give that a try and see what happens :D

Ok.. i have an easier answer for you. There is a cmd tool for your HBA.

There is  https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=9vtvt&lwp=rt

C:\>perccli64 /c0 show
Generating detailed summary of the adapter, it may take a while to complete.

CLI Version = 007.2616.0000.0000 Dec 06, 2023
Operating system = Windows Server 2019
Controller = 0
Status = Success
Description = None

Product Name = PERC H740P Adapter
Serial Number = 07N00WP
SAS Address =  52cea7f05f149c00
PCI Address = 00:18:00:00
System Time = 03/15/2024 14:25:23
Mfg. Date = 07/30/20
Controller Time = 03/15/2024 14:25:23
FW Package Build = 51.16.0-5150
BIOS Version = 7.16.00.0_0x07100501
FW Version = 5.160.00-3936
Driver Name = megasas35.sys
Driver Version = 7.711.04.00
Current Personality = RAID-Mode
Vendor Id = 0x1000
Device Id = 0x16
SubVendor Id = 0x1028
SubDevice Id = 0x1FCB
Host Interface = PCI-E
Device Interface = SAS-12G
Bus Number = 24
Device Number = 0
Function Number = 0
Domain ID = 0
Security Protocol = None
Drive Groups = 1

TOPOLOGY :
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------
DG Arr Row EID:Slot DID Type  State BT      Size PDC  PI SED DS3  FSpace TR
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 0 -   -   -        -   RAID6 Optl  N  72.768 TB dflt N  N   dflt N      N
 0 0   -   -        -   RAID6 Optl  N  72.768 TB dflt N  N   dflt N      N
 0 0   0   64:0     0   DRIVE Onln  N   7.276 TB dflt N  N   dflt -      N
 0 0   1   64:10    10  DRIVE Onln  N   7.276 TB dflt N  N   dflt -      N
 0 0   2   64:11    11  DRIVE Onln  N   7.276 TB dflt N  N   dflt -      N
 0 0   3   64:1     1   DRIVE Onln  N   7.276 TB dflt N  N   dflt -      N
 0 0   4   64:2     2   DRIVE Onln  N   7.276 TB dflt N  N   dflt -      N
 0 0   5   64:3     3   DRIVE Onln  N   7.276 TB dflt N  N   dflt -      N
 0 0   6   64:4     4   DRIVE Onln  N   7.276 TB dflt N  N   dflt -      N
 0 0   7   64:5     5   DRIVE Onln  N   7.276 TB dflt N  N   dflt -      N
 0 0   8   64:6     6   DRIVE Onln  N   7.276 TB dflt N  N   dflt -      N
 0 0   9   64:7     7   DRIVE Onln  N   7.276 TB dflt N  N   dflt -      N
 0 0   10  64:8     8   DRIVE Onln  N   7.276 TB dflt N  N   dflt -      N
 0 0   11  64:9     9   DRIVE Onln  N   7.276 TB dflt N  N   dflt -      N
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DG=Disk Group Index|Arr=Array Index|Row=Row Index|EID=Enclosure Device ID
DID=Device ID|Type=Drive or RAID Type|Onln=Online|Rbld=Rebuild|Optl=Optimal
Dgrd=Degraded|Pdgd=Partially degraded|Offln=Offline|BT=Background Task Active
PDC=PD Cache|PI=Protection Info|SED=Self Encrypting Drive|Frgn=Foreign
DS3=Dimmer Switch 3|dflt=Default|Msng=Missing|FSpace=Free Space Present
TR=Transport Ready

Virtual Drives = 1

VD LIST :
=======

--------------------------------------------------------------
DG/VD TYPE  State Access Consist Cache Cac sCC      Size Name
--------------------------------------------------------------
0/0   RAID6 Optl  RW     Yes     RWBD  -   OFF 72.768 TB DATA
--------------------------------------------------------------

VD=Virtual Drive| DG=Drive Group|Rec=Recovery
Cac=CacheCade|OfLn=OffLine|Pdgd=Partially Degraded|Dgrd=Degraded
Optl=Optimal|dflt=Default|RO=Read Only|RW=Read Write|HD=Hidden|TRANS=TransportReady
B=Blocked|Consist=Consistent|R=Read Ahead Always|NR=No Read Ahead|WB=WriteBack
AWB=Always WriteBack|WT=WriteThrough|C=Cached IO|D=Direct IO|sCC=Scheduled
Check Consistency

Physical Drives = 12

PD LIST :
=======

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EID:Slt DID State DG     Size Intf Med SED PI SeSz Model                Sp Type
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
64:0      0 Onln   0 7.276 TB SATA HDD N   N  512B HGST HUS728T8TALE6L0 U  -
64:1      1 Onln   0 7.276 TB SATA HDD N   N  512B HGST HUS728T8TALE6L0 U  -
64:2      2 Onln   0 7.276 TB SATA HDD N   N  512B HGST HUS728T8TALE6L0 U  -
64:3      3 Onln   0 7.276 TB SATA HDD N   N  512B HGST HUS728T8TALE6L0 U  -
64:4      4 Onln   0 7.276 TB SATA HDD N   N  512B HGST HUS728T8TALE6L0 U  -
64:5      5 Onln   0 7.276 TB SATA HDD N   N  512B HGST HUS728T8TALE6L0 U  -
64:6      6 Onln   0 7.276 TB SATA HDD N   N  512B HGST HUS728T8TALE6L0 U  -
64:7      7 Onln   0 7.276 TB SATA HDD N   N  512B HGST HUS728T8TALE6L0 U  -
64:8      8 Onln   0 7.276 TB SATA HDD N   N  512B HGST HUS728T8TALE6L0 U  -
64:9      9 Onln   0 7.276 TB SATA HDD N   N  512B HGST HUS728T8TALE6L0 U  -
64:10    10 Onln   0 7.276 TB SATA HDD N   N  512B HGST HUS728T8TALE6L0 U  -
64:11    11 Onln   0 7.276 TB SATA HDD N   N  512B HGST HUS728T8TALE6L0 U  -
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

EID=Enclosure Device ID|Slt=Slot No|DID=Device ID|DG=DriveGroup
DHS=Dedicated Hot Spare|UGood=Unconfigured Good|GHS=Global Hotspare
UBad=Unconfigured Bad|Sntze=Sanitize|Onln=Online|Offln=Offline|Intf=Interface
Med=Media Type|SED=Self Encryptive Drive|PI=PI Eligible
SeSz=Sector Size|Sp=Spun|U=Up|D=Down|T=Transition|F=Foreign
UGUnsp=UGood Unsupported|UGShld=UGood shielded|HSPShld=Hotspare shielded
CFShld=Configured shielded|Cpybck=CopyBack|CBShld=Copyback Shielded
UBUnsp=UBad Unsupported|Rbld=Rebuild

Enclosures = 1

Enclosure LIST :
==============

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
EID State Slots PD PS Fans TSs Alms SIM Port# ProdID    VendorSpecific
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 64 OK       12 12  0    0   0    0   1 -     BP14G+EXP
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

EID=Enclosure Device ID | PD=Physical drive count | PS=Power Supply count
TSs=Temperature sensor count | Alms=Alarm count | SIM=SIM Count | ProdID=Product ID


BBU_Info :
========

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Model State   RetentionTime Temp Mode MfgDate
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BBU   Optimal 0 hour(s)     30C  -    0/00/00
----------------------------------------------

It would have been nice but it is unable to find any controller.

The command :

perccli64.exe show all

returns :

Number of controllers =0

Too bad ^^

Okay OMSA does the job thank you again, have a nice day :)

Hey maybe you can help with that too ?

I'm not familiar with servers hardware and SAS. OMSA says my Perc H330 is embedded, should I understand that there is not dedicated board ?

Also, how can I check how many disk I could add in the server ? For now there are 4x 2,4To SAS 2,5". On the front of the server I see 4 free racks for HD, but they look different thant the populated racks. I have tried to find Perc H330 specs to check how many drives I can connect to it, but I'm not sur that's the way it works. Can you help me about these questions ?

Many thanks again :)

The H330 supports up to 32* physical disks. The 4 slots on the right are covered by blind adapter. So you need disks and trays. You should check dell.de/support and after insert your service tag you can select "product specification" on the right. I expect a model with 8x2.5" backplane.

* Depends on the choosen raid level(for example a RAID 1 are max. 2 phys. Disks +  one Hotspare).

Keep in mind that the H330 is a low cost Raid HBA without cache and battery. If you find a H730/H740 mini it might be a good replacement.

Ok thanks again, I will take a look using the service tag, didn't think about it !

Ok they're speaking about 8x 2,5" chassis (ASSY,CHAS,2.5X8,HP,OCP,R440), but not about backplate. Should I assume it's the same ?

Yes its the same.

Ok thank you very much you helped me a lot !

Have a nice day !