Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 8 (iDRAC8) Version 2.00.00.00 RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide

To run this subcommand for configuring the storage properties, you must have the server control permission.

• To generate and view information about the inventory of storage root node.

  racadm storage get status

• To generate and view information about the inventory of controllers.

  racadm storage get controllers -o

  racadm storage get controllers -o -p <property names separated by comma>

• To get the list of controllers.

  racadm storage get controllers

• To get the properties of PCIeSSD controller

  racadm storage get controllers:<PcieSSD controller FQDD>

• To generate and view information about the inventory of batteries.

  racadm storage get batteries -o

  racadm storage get batteries --refkey <controller FQDD's separated by comma> 

  racadm storage get batteries --refkey <controller FQDD's separated by comma> -o

  racadm storage get batteries --refkey <controller FQDD's separated by comma> -o -p <property names separated by comma>

• To generate and view information about the inventory of virtual disks.

  racadm storage get vdisks

  racadm storage get vdisks --refkey <controller FQDDs separated by comma> 

  racadm storage get vdisks --refkey <controller FQDDs separated by comma> -o

  racadm storage get vdisks --refkey <controller FQDDs separated by comma> -o -p <property names separated by comma>

• To generate and view information about the inventory of enclosures.

  racadm storage get enclosures -o

  racadm storage get enclosures --refkey <connector FQDDs separated by comma>

  racadm storage get enclosures --refkey <connector FQDDs separated by comma> -o -p <property names separated by comma>

• To get the list of enclosures.

  racadm storage get enclosures

• To get the properties of the PCIeSSD enclosure.

  racadm storage get enclosures:<PCIeSSD enclosure FQDD>

• To generate and view information about the inventory of physical disk drives.

  racadm storage get pdisks

  racadm storage get pdisks -o

  racadm storage get pdisks -o -p <property names separated by comma>

  racadm storage get pdisks --refkey <enclosure/Backplanes FQDDs separated by comma>

  racadm storage get pdisks --refkey <enclosure/Backplanes FQDDs separated by comma> -o

  racadm storage get pdisks --refkey <enclosure/Backplanes FQDDs separated by comma> -o -p <property names separated by comma>

• To get the list of physical disks.

  racadm storage get pdisks

• To get the properties of PCIeSSD physical disk.

  racadm storage get pdisks:<PCIeSSD FQDD>

• To generate and view information about the inventory of fans.

  racadm storage get fans --refkey <enclosure FQDDs separated by comma>

  racadm storage get fans --refkey <enclosure FQDDs separated by comma > -o 

  racadm storage get fans --refkey <enclosure FQDDs separated by comma> -o -p <property names separated by comma> 

• To generate and view information about the inventory of EMMs.

  racadm storage get emms -refkey <enclosure FQDDs separated by comma>

  racadm storage get emms --refkey <enclosure FQDDs separated by comma> -o

  racadm storage get emms --refkey <enclosure FQDDs separated by comma> -o -p <property names separated by comma> 

• To generate and view information about the inventory of PSU.

  racadm storage get psus -refkey <enclosure FQDDs separated by comma>

  racadm storage get psus --refkey <enclosure FQDDs separated by comma> -o

  racadm storage get psus --refkey <enclosure FQDDs separated by comma> -o -p <property names separated by comma> 

• To create, delete, and secure the virtual disks. To start or stop the consistency check on the specified virtual disk.

  racadm storage createvd:<Controller FQDD> -rl {r0|r1|r5|r6|r10|r50|r60}[-wp {wt|wb|wbf}] [-rp {nra|ra|ara}] [-ss {1k|2k|4k|8k|16k|32k|64k|128k|256k|512k|1M|2M|4M|8M|16M}]-pdkey:<comma
                                                        separated PD FQDD> [-dcp {enabled|disabled|default}] [-name <VD name>] [-size <VD size> {b|k|m|g|t}] [-T10PIEnable]
                                                     

  racadm storage init:<VD FQDD> -speed {fast|full} 

  racadm storage deletevd:<VD FQDD>

  racadm storage encryptvd:<VD FQDD>

  racadm storage createsecuritykey:<Controller FQDD> -key <Key id> -passwd <passphrase>

  racadm storage modifysecuritykey:<Controller FQDD> -key <Key id>-oldpasswd <old passphrase> -newpasswd <new passphrase>

  racadm storage deletesecuritykey:<Controller FQDD>

  racadm storage ccheck:<vdisk fqdd>

  racadm storage cancelcheck:<vdisk fqdd>

• To convert the physical disk drives and assign or delete a hot-spare. To scan physical disks connected to a controller and detect problem.

  racadm storage converttononraid:<PD FQDD>

  racadm storage converttoraid:<PD FQDD>

  racadm storage hotspare:<Physical Disk FQDD> -assign yes -type dhs -vdkey: <FQDD of VD>

  racadm storage hotspare:<Physical Disk FQDD> -assign no

  racadm storage patrolread:<controller FQDD> -state start|stop

  • NOTE: Any option specified after the –assign option does not affect deleting the hot-spare.
• To reset, clear, and import the storage configuration to the controller.

  racadm storage importconfig:<Controller FQDD>

  racadm storage resetconfig:<Controller FQDD>

  racadm storage clearconfig:<Controller FQDD>

• To start or stop a blink or identify operation on the specified or PCIeSSD device.

  racadm storage blink:<FQDD>

  racadm storage blink:<PCIeSSD FQDD>

  racadm storage unblink:<FQDD>

  racadm storage unblink:<PCIeSSD FQDD>

• To prepare the PCIeSSD drive for removal.

  racadm storage preparetoremove <PCIeSSD FQDD>

• To perform a secure erase on PCIeSSD device.

  racadm storage secureerase:<PCIeSSD FQDD>

• -o — Specifies the optimized version.
• -p — Specifies the property name.
• --refkey — Specifies the controller or enclosure FQDDs.
• -rl — Sets the storage level.
  • r0 — storage 0-Striping
  • r1 — storage 1-Mirroring
  • r5 — storage 5-Striping with Parity
  • r6 — storage 6-Striping with Extra Parity
  • r10 — storage 10-Spanned Striping with Mirroring
  • r50 — storage 50-Spanned Striping with Parity
  • r60 — storage 60-Spanned Striping with Extra Parity
• -wp{wt|wb|wbf} — Sets the write policy to Write Through, Write Back, or Write Back Force
• -rp {nra|ra|ara} — Sets the read policy to No Read Ahead, Read Ahead, Adaptive Read Ahead
• -ss — Specifies the stripe size to use.
• -pdkey:<PD FQDD list> — Specifies the physical disk drive to use in the virtual disk.
• -dcp — Sets the Disk Cache Policy in the Virtual Disk.
  • enabled — Allows the virtual disk to use the cache.
  • disabled — Does not allow the virtual disk to use the cache.
  • default — Uses the default cache policy. For SAS drives, use the disabled option and for SATA drives, use the enabled option by default.
• -name <VD name> — Specifies the name of the virtual disk.
• -size <VD size> — Specifies the size of each virtual disk.
  • b — Specifies the size in bytes
  • k — Specifies the size in kilobytes
  • m — Specifies the size in megabytes
  • g — Specifies the size in gigabytes
  • t — Specifies the size in terabytes
• -sc — Number of spans in a virtual disk (required for multi-span RAID level).
  • NOTE:
    • For PERC9, if the value of controller.SupportRAID10UnevenSpans is supported, you can enter only 0 for this option while creating RAID level 10. The created RAID10 virtual disk will display the spandepth as 1 (default).
    • For other controllers:
      • The default value for multi-span RAID levels is 2 and for basic RAID level is 1.
      • For hybrid RAID levels such as RAID10, RAID50, and RAID60. this option is mandatory.
      • The value for -sc option can be 0 only for RAID10.
• -T10PIEnable — Creates a virtual disk with protection information.
• -key <Key id> — Specifies the key id.
• -passwd <passphrase> — Specifies the passphrase.
• -newpasswd <passphrase> — Specifies the new passphrase.
• -assign {yes | no} — Assigns or unassigns the disk as a hot-spare.
• -type { ghs | dhs} — Assigns a global or dedicated hot-spare.
• -vdkey:<VD FQDD> — Assigns the dedicated hot-spare to the specified virtual disk. This option is required for dedicated hot-spare.
• -state <start|stop> — start value will start a patrol read operation. stop value will stop a running patrol read operation.
  • NOTE: To start the operation, the Controller.PatrolReadMode must be in Manual mode.

• -speed — specifies the initialization of the Virtual disk.

  • fast— performs fast initialization.

  • full— performs slow initialization.

• blink: <FQDD> or unblink: <FQDD> — <FQDD> can be physical disk drives or virtual disks.
• <PCIeSSD FQDD> — specifies the PCIeSSD FQDD.
• <PCIeSSD controller|enclosure FQDD> — specifies the PCIeSSD controller or enclosure FQDD.

• preparetoremove — specifies the PCIeSSD drive to prepare for removal.

  • NOTE: Make sure that ISM is installed and running to perform preparetoremove operation.

• secureerase— specifies the PCIeSSD drive to perform secure erase.