VxRail: Identify a failed disks physical slot from ESXi CLI

Summary: Identify a failed disks physical slot from ESXi CLI.

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Instructions

  1. Log in to the ESXi host using SSH.
  2. List vSAN disks using this command: 
    esxcli vsan storage list
  3. Examine the output. One of the devices does not have any associated UUIDs and the on-disk format version will be reported as <Unknown>: 
    For example:
naa.6000c29c53fc02afe598901871729854
Device: naa.6000c29c53fc02afe598901871729854
Display Name: naa.6000c29c53fc02afe598901871729854
Is SSD: false
VSAN UUID:
VSAN Disk Group UUID:
VSAN Disk Group Name:
Used by this host: false
In CMMDS: false
On-disk format version: <Unknown>
Deduplication: false
Compression: false
Checksum:
Checksum OK: false
Is Capacity Tier: false

  4. To identify the failed disk physical slot. From the ESXi SSH, run these commands:

    # esxcli storage core device physical get -d <naa iddentifier device>
# esxcli storage core device raid list -d <naa iddentifier device>
The command and example output is:
  
# esxcli storage core device physical get -d naa.6000c29c53fc02afe598901871729854
 Physical Location: enclosure 2, slot 5
	
	Or 
  
# esxcli storage core device raid list -d naa.6000c29c53fc02afe598901871729854
 Physical Location: enclosure 2, slot 5


     

 

Affected Products

VxRail 460 and 470 Nodes, VxRail Appliance Family, VxRail Appliance Series, VxRail G Series Nodes, VxRail D Series Nodes, VxRail D560, VxRail D560F, VxRail E Series Nodes, VxRail E460, VxRail E560, VxRail E560F, VxRail E560N, VxRail E660 , VxRail E660F, VxRail E660N, VxRail E665, VxRail E665F, VxRail E665N, VxRail G560, VxRail G560F, VxRail P Series Nodes, VxRail P470, VxRail P570, VxRail P570F, VxRail P580N, VxRail P670F, VxRail P670N, VxRail P675F, VxRail P675N, VxRail S Series Nodes, VxRail S470, VxRail S570, VxRail S670, VxRail V Series Nodes, VxRail V470, VxRail V570, VxRail V570F, VXRAIL V670F, VxRail VD-4000R, VxRail VD-4000W, VxRail VD-4000Z, VxRail VD-4510C, VxRail VD-4520C, VxRail VD Series Nodes, VxRail VE-660, VxRail VE-6615, VxRail VP-760, VxRail VP-7625, VxRail VS-760 ...
Article Properties
Article Number: 000211866
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 09 Sep 2025
Version:  3
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