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Dell PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System CLI Guide

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show expander-status

Description Shows diagnostic information relating to SAS Expander Controller physical channels, known as PHY lanes.
NOTE:This command is for use by or with direction from technical support.
For each enclosure, this command shows status information for PHYs in I/O module A and then I/O module B
Minimum role monitor
Syntax show expander-status
Output Encl

The enclosure that contains the SAS Expander.

Drawer

Shown in drawer output. The number of the drawer.

Expander

Shown in drawer output. The number of the Expander.

Ctlr

The I/O module that contains the SAS Expander.

Phy

Identifies the logical location of a PHY within a group based on the PHY type. If the controller module or expansion module for the PHY is not installed, this field shows “--”.

phy phy-ID

The logical PHY number.

Type:
  • Drawer0-Egress: Drawer 0 egress PHY
  • Drawer0-Ingress-0: Drawer 0 ingress PHY 0
  • Drawer1-Egress: Drawer 1 egress PHY
  • Drawer1-Ingress: Drawer 1 drawer ingress PHY
  • Drawer2-Egress: Drawer 2 egress PHY
  • Drawer2-Ingress: Drawer 2 ingress PHY
  • Drive: Drive slot PHY
  • Egress: Expansion port egress PHY
  • Expander-Egress-0: Expansion port 0 egress PHY
  • Expander-Egress-1: Expansion port 1 egress PHY
  • Expander-Ingress-0: Expansion port 0 ingress PHY
  • Expander-Ingress-1: Expansion port 1 ingress PHY
  • Ingress: Expansion port ingress PHY
  • Inter-Exp: Inter-Expander PHY
  • SC: Storage Controller PHY
  • SC-0: Storage Controller primary PHY
  • SC-1: Storage Controller alternate PHY
  • SC-a: Storage Controller alternate PHY
  • SC-p: Storage Controller primary PHY
  • SCA-A: Storage Controller A alternate PHY
  • SCA-P: Storage Controller A primary PHY
  • SCB-A: Storage Controller B alternate PHY
  • SCB-P: Storage Controller B primary PHY
Status
  • Enabled - Healthy: The PHY is enabled and healthy.
  • Enabled - Degraded: The PHY is enabled but degraded.
  • Disabled: The PHY has been disabled by a user or by the system
Elem Status
A standard SES status for the element:
  • Disabled: Critical condition is detected.
  • Error: Unrecoverable condition is detected. Appears only if there is a firmware problem related to PHY definition data.
  • Non-critical: Non-critical condition is detected.
  • Not Used: Element is not installed in enclosure.
  • OK: Element is installed and no error conditions are known.
  • Unknown: Either:
    • Sensor has failed or element status is not available. Appears only if an I/O module indicates it has fewer PHYs than the reporting I/O module, in which case all additional PHYs are reported as unknown.
    • Element is installed with no known errors, but the element has not been turned on or set into operation.
Disabled
  • Enabled: PHY is enabled.
  • Disabled: PHY is disabled.
Reason
  • Blank if Elem Status is OK.
  • Error count interrupts: PHY disabled because of error-count interrupts.
  • Phy control: PHY disabled by a SES control page as a result of action by a Storage Controller or user.
  • Not ready: PHY is enabled but not ready. Appears for SC-1 PHYs when the partner I/O module is not installed. Appears for Drive, SC-1, or Ingress PHYs when a connection problem exists such as a broken connector.
  • Firmware reboot.
  • Drive removed: PHY disabled because drive slot is empty.
  • Unused - disabled by default: PHY is disabled by default because it is not used.
  • Excessive Phy changes: PHY is disabled because of excessive PHY change counts.
  • Did not initialize
Examples Show expander status for each enclosure.

# show expander-status

Basetypes

sas-status-controller-a

sas-status-drawer

status

See also

clear expander-status

set expander-fault-isolation


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