Data Domain: DD3300 Mapping disk alerts to the correct hard drive slot

Summary: Data Domain DD3300 disk alerts, reference the enclosure number and the slot number to identify which hard drive has a fault. This "enclosure -dot- disk" designation in the alert does not directly correspond to the physical slot. This article details how to map the information given in the alert to the correct physical disk to replace. ...

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Instructions

Data Domain DD3300 uses a customized version of Dell's R740xd server platform.
On this platform, hard drive slot numbering begins with slot zero.
The Data Domain DD3300 software identifies hard drives, with slots designations beginning with slot=1.   
It is imperative to identify the correct disk before doing any removal or replacement.

Use the below charts to establish which disk to remove based on the disk identification information provided in the alert.
 

FRONT DISKS (facing front of appliance)
Software ID= disk 1.1

Phy slot = 0 (zero)
Software ID= disk 1.4

Phy slot = 3
Software ID= disk 1.7

Phy slot = 6
Software ID= disk 1.10

Phy slot = 9
Software ID= disk 1.2

Phy slot = 1 
Software ID= disk 1.5

Phy slot = 4
Software ID= disk 1.8

Phy slot =7
Software ID= disk 1.11

Phy slot = 10
Software ID= disk 1.3

Phy slot = 2
Software ID= disk 1.6

Phy slot =5
Software ID= disk 1.9

Phy slot = 8
Software ID= disk 1.12

Phy slot = 11

 

MIDPLANE DISKS (facing from front of appliance)
Software ID= disk 1.15

Phy slot = 14
Software ID= disk 1.16

Phy slot = 15
Software ID= disk 1.17

Phy slot = 16
Software ID= disk 1.18

Phy slot = 17

 

REAR SSD (facing rear of appliance)
Software ID= disk 1.13

Phy slot = 12
Software ID= disk 1.14
UNUSED for DD3300
Phy slot = 13


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EXAMPLE:

  •  The Data Domain operating system posted the following disk failure alert.
Severity                       CRITICAL
Class                          HardwareFailure
Object                         Enclosure=1:Disk=18                             
Status                         active
Message                        Unable to access a disk and the disk state is missing.
Post Additional Information    EnclosureSerialNumber=NA:DiskSerialNumber=NA:FailureCode=NA
Clear Additional Information
Event Id                       EVT-STORAGE-00002                      
Event Name                     DiskFailure           
Description                    Unable to communicate with a disk. This disk cannot be used at this time.

                                       

  • Determine the enclosure and slot information in the alert.   --> in this case,  Enclosure=1:Disk=18 
  • Reference the provided layouts to determine which physical slot, correlates to the enclosure and disk slot information from the alert.          
  • Layout diagrams indicate enclosure 1 disk 18, is located in physical slot # 17. 

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Mapping disk alerts to the correct hard drive slot can also be done using the CLI (command-line interface).
Run the following commands to display the disk to slot-mapping information. 

# alerts show current 
# disk show hardware detailed

EXAMPLE 2: 
 
 # alerts show current-detailed
 

Severity                       CRITICAL
Class                          HardwareFailure
Object                         Enclosure=1:Disk=18
Status                         active
Message                        Unable to access a disk and the disk state is missing.
Post Additional Information    EnclosureSerialNumber=NA:DiskSerialNumber=NA:FailureCode=NA
Clear Additional Information
Event Id                       EVT-STORAGE-00002                      
Event Name                     DiskFailure           
Description                    Unable to communicate with a disk. This disk cannot be used at this time.


# disk show hardware detailed

...
...
Configuration: 14 drives present.
Hardware disk information

Disk   Slot        Manufacturer/Model   Firmware   Serial No.       Capacity     Type
          (pci/idx)
----   ---------   ------------------   --------   --------------   ----------   --------
1.1    0           ST4000NM0295         DT31       ZC1241AL         3.63 TiB     SAS
1.2    1           ST4000NM0295         DT31       ZC1241DC         3.63 TiB     SAS
1.3    2           ST4000NM0295         DT31       ZC1241E2         3.63 TiB     SAS
1.4    3           ST4000NM0295         DT31       ZC1241D0         3.63 TiB     SAS
1.5    4           ST4000NM0295         DT31       ZC123C5V         3.63 TiB     SAS
1.6    5           ST4000NM0295         DT31       ZC123ZGP         3.63 TiB     SAS
1.7    6           ST4000NM0295         DT31       ZC12418K         3.63 TiB     SAS
1.8    7           ST4000NM0295         DT31       ZC124396         3.63 TiB     SAS
1.9    8           ST4000NM0295         DT31       ZC1241AS         3.63 TiB     SAS
1.10   9           ST4000NM0295         DT31       ZC1241B8         3.63 TiB     SAS
1.11   10          ST4000NM0295         DT31       ZC12S062         3.63 TiB     SAS
1.12   11          ST4000NM0295         DT31       ZC12PZ4J         3.63 TiB     SAS
1.13   12          MZ7KM480HMHQ0D3      GD53       S3BUNX0J600187   447.13 GiB   SATA-SSD
1.14   13          (absent)             (absent)   (absent)         (absent)     (absent)
1.15   14          ST4000NM0295         DT31       ZC12S0DD         3.63 TiB     SAS
1.16   15          ST4000NM0295         DT31       ZC12S05H         3.63 TiB     SAS
1.17   16          ST4000NM0295         DT31       ZC12S0M3         3.63 TiB     SAS
1.18   17          ST4000NM0295         DT31       ZC12S0F7         3.63 TiB     SAS            <<     Note that disk 1.18 maps to physical slot # 17
----   ---------   ------------------   --------   --------------   ----------   --------
Configuration: 18 drives present.

 
 
DD3300 #disk show state CLI command, does not display physical hard drive state information. 
The output from this command cannot be used to determine if there is a disk reconstruction, disk fault, or absent disk.   
The information in this output only applies to virtual disk devs, and not hard drive (HDD). 
Disk reconstruction status can only be established by connecting to the iDRAC port on the DD3300 appliance. 

# disk show state
 

Dev     1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10
-----   ------------------------------
1-10    Y  Y  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
11-14   .  .  .  .
-----   ------------------------------

Legend   State           Count
------   -------------   -----
.        In Use Device   12
Y        System Device   2
------   -------------   -----
Total 0 disks and 14 devs
 

The #disk beacon CLI command aids in locating the disk by flashing its LED.
Press Ctrl+C to stop the disk beacon command.   

sysadmin@dd3300# disk beacon 1.1
Start disk LED beaconing for 1.1 ...
^C
LED beaconing completed.

Affected Products

Data Domain

Products

Data Domain, DD3300 Appliance
Article Properties
Article Number: 000009373
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 21 Feb 2025
Version:  5
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