Dell PowerVault MD 32XX/36XX Series Storage Arrays CLI Guide

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Show Physical Disk

Description

For each physical disk in the storage array, this command returns the following information:

The total number of physical disks
The type of physical disk (SAS)
Basic physical disk information:
- Enclosure location and slot location
- Status
- Capacity
- Data transfer rate
- Product ID
- Firmware level
Physical disk channel information:
- Enclosure location and slot location
- Preferred channel
- Redundant channel
Hot spare coverage
Details for each physical disk

Depending on the size of the storage array, this information can be several pages long. The physical disk information is also returned when you issue the show storageArray profile command.

Syntax

show (allPhysicalDisks
                                 [driveMediaType=(HDD | SSD | unknown | allMedia)] |[physicalDiskType=(SAS)])
                                 | (physicalDisk [
                                 enclosureID,slotID] | physicalDisks [
                                 enclosureID1,slotID1
                                    enclosureID2,slotID2... enclosureIDn,slotIDn
                                 ])
                                 summary

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`allPhysicalDisks`	Returns information about all physical disks in the storage array. NOTE: To determine information about the type and location of all physical disks in the storage array, use the `allPhysicalDisks` parameter.
`driveMediaType`	retrieve information. Valid physical disk media are these: HDD—Use this option when you have hard physical disks in the expansion enclosure. SSD—Use this option when you have solid state physical disks in the expansion enclosure. unknown—Use if you are not sure what types of physical disk media are in the expansion enclosure. allMedia – Use this option when you want to use all types of physical disk media that are in the expansion enclosure.
`physicalDiskType`	The type of physical disk for which you want to retrieve information. The valid physical disk type is SAS.
`physicalDisk or physicalDisks`	Identifies the enclosure and slot where the physical disk resides. You can enter enclosure IDs and slot IDs for one or several physical disks. Enclosure ID values are `0` to `99`. Slot ID values are `0` to `31`. You must put parentheses around the enclosure ID values and the slot ID values.
`summary`	Returns the status, capacity, data rate, product ID, and firmware version for the specified physical disks. NOTE: To determine the type of physical disk in a specific location, use the `physicalDisk` parameter, and enter the enclosure and slot IDs for the physical disk.