Get backplane hard drive form factor

Hi,

What model system is it? Most likely yes you can with racadm.

It is PowerEdge R430.

I try to find this property in racadm, but was not succeed (

racadm>>raid get enclosures -o
racadm raid get enclosures -o
Enclosure.Internal.0-1:RAID.Integrated.1-1
State = Ready
Status = Ok
DeviceDescription = Backplane 1 on Connector 0 of Integrated RAID Controller 1
RollupStatus = Ok
Name = BP13G+ 0:1
BayId = 1
FirmwareVersion = 2.25
SasAddress = 0x528660A08A1E7700
SlotCount = 4

racadm>>get Storage.Enclosure.1
racadm get Storage.Enclosure.1
[Key=Enclosure.Internal.0-1:RAID.Integrated.1-1#Enclosure]
#BackplaneCurrentMode=Not Applicable
#BackplaneRequestedMode=Not Applicable
#BackplaneType=Non-Shared

racadm>>get System.Backplane.1
racadm get System.Backplane.1
[Key=System.Embedded.1#Backplane.1]
#BackplaneBusMode=I2C

Hi ssein,

refer to the RACADM CLI guide here:

https://dell.to/3c81ilK

racadm storage get ...

Please check the syntax in the manual, this might shed a light on this.

Cheers
Stefan

Thanks for your answer!

Unfortunately according documentation I can get form factor for physical disks, but I need a form factor for the backplane.

racadm>>storage get pdisks -o -p Status,Name,DeviceDescription,FormFactor

racadm storage get pdisks -o -p Status,Name,DeviceDescription,FormFactor
Disk.Bay.0:Enclosure.Internal.0-1:RAID.Integrated.1-1
   Status                           = Ok
   Name                             = Physical Disk 0:1:0
   DeviceDescription                = Disk 0 in Backplane 1 of Integrated RAID Controller 1
   FormFactor                       = 3.5 Inch
Disk.Bay.1:Enclosure.Internal.0-1:RAID.Integrated.1-1
   Status                           = Ok
   Name                             = Physical Disk 0:1:1
   DeviceDescription                = Disk 1 in Backplane 1 of Integrated RAID Controller 1
   FormFactor                       = 2.5 Inch

storage get enclosures returns the same information as raid get enclosures

racadm>>storage get enclosures -o

racadm storage get enclosures -o
Enclosure.Internal.0-1:RAID.Integrated.1-1
   State                            = Ready
   Status                           = Ok
   DeviceDescription                = Backplane 1 on Connector 0 of Integrated RAID Controller 1
   RollupStatus                     = Ok
   Name                             = BP13G+ 0:1
   BayId                            = 1
   FirmwareVersion                  = 2.25
   SasAddress                       = 0x528660A08A1E7700
   SlotCount                        = 4

But if both drives are 2.5'' - backplane could be both 2.5'' and 3.5'' form factor.

This is the reason why I am looking for this information.

If one of the drives is 3.5, the backplane is 3.5".

https://dell.to/2M7W3I6

Maybe with hardware inventory, but It may only provide the same information as racadm.

It is very sad and strange (

But anyway thank you for your help!