Symptoms
You will find description how to Set Physical Disks offline, Start a rebuild manually and Reset Disk Channel Statistics to zero.
Cause
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Resolution
Physical Disks – Set offline
- Open a command line on the server or management station where the Modular Disk Storage Manager (MDSM) is installed.
- Change into the folder: C:\Programme\Dell\MD Storage Software\MD Storage Manager\client\
- Enter the following command (please do not copy):
- smcli XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY -p PASSWORD -c "set physicalDisk [A,B] operationalState=failed;"
- XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX = Management IP 1
- YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY = Management IP 2
- A = enclosure ID (usually 0 or 1)
- B = hard disk ID (numbering as on the chassis)
- After that the command is confirmed and executed. If you have not set a password, you can simply omit the string "-p PASSWORD".
Physical Disks – Start rebuild manually
- Open a command line on the server or management station where the Modular Disk Storage Manager (MDSM) is installed.
- Change into the folder: C:\Programme\Dell\MD Storage Software\MD Storage Manager\client\
- Enter the following command (please do not copy):
- smcli XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY -p PASSWORD -c "start physicalDisk [A,B] reconstruct;"
- XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX = Management IP 1
- YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY = Management IP 2
- A = enclosure ID (usually 0 or 1)
- B = hard disk ID (numbering as on the chassis)
- After that the command is confirmed and executed. If you have not set a password, you can simply omit the string "-p PASSWORD".
Physical Disks – Reset Disk Channel Statistics to zero
- Open a command line on the server or management station where the Modular Disk Storage Manager (MDSM) is installed.
- Change into the folder: C:\Programme\Dell\MD Storage Software\MD Storage Manager\client\
- Enter the following command (please do not copy):
- smcli XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY -p PASSWORD -c "clear allPhysicalDiskChannels stats;"
- XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX = Management IP 1
- YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY = Management IP 2
- A = enclosure ID (usually 0 or 1)
- B = hard disk ID (numbering as on the chassis)
- After that the command is confirmed and executed. If you have not set a password, you can simply omit the string "-p PASSWORD".