Dell iDRAC Service Module 5.0.1.0 User’s Guide

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Software RAID enumeration

Starting from iSM 4.2.0.0, the software RAID feature on iDRAC Service Module enables enumeration of PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) S130 and later series of controllers, through out-of-band interfaces. Enumeration identifies all software RAID controller supported devices that are attached to the system, and lists information about controller, physical disk, and virtual disk. The disks enumerate with three nexus structure, similar to Controller: Bay ID: Slot Number (X:Y:Z).

The operating system admin user can run the dcismcfg.exe command on the host operating system to collect the latest inventory of the controllers, physical disks, and virtual disks. You must have administrator privileges to run the dcismcfg.exe command and enable the feature.

Table 1. Software RAID enumeration supported commandsThe table lists the software RAID enumeration supported commands on iSM command-line utility.
iSM utility name CLI options Description
dcismcfg.exe -swraid -getctrl Displays controller information and enumerates controller properties.
dcismcfg.exe -swraid -getpd Displays the Physical Disk properties.
dcismcfg.exe -swraid -getvd Displays the Virtual Disk properties.
dcismcfg.exe -swraid -ctrlID=0/1 -getpd/-getvd Displays the Physical or Virtual Disk properties managed by the controller 0/1.
dcismcfg.exe -swraid -getSWRAIDfeatureState Displays the current software RAID feature status.

iSM supports the software RAID feature on Microsoft Windows operating system with the type Volume, RAID 1, RAID 0, RAID 5, and RAID 10.

Table 2. Software RAID enumeration feature support matrix for OMSA/OMSS and iSM This table lists the software RAID feature support matrix for OMSA/OMSS and iSM.
Features OMSA and OMSS iSM
Controller information Yes Yes
Virtual Disk information Yes Yes
Physical Disk information Yes Yes
Backplane information Yes No
Create Virtual Disk Yes No
Delete Virtual Disk Yes No
Import Foreign Virtual Disk Yes No
Clear Foreign Virtual Disk Yes No
Modify the existing Virtual Disk Yes No
Creation on partial Virtual Disk Yes No
Setting cache policy for Virtual Disk Yes No
Assign or unassign DHS Yes No
Assign or unassign GHS Yes No
NVMe Cryptographic Erase Yes No
Blink Yes No
Unblink Yes No

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