Get raid controller log
- MegaCli64 -adpeventlog -getevents -f lsi-events.log -a0 -nolog
Raid Controller and Drive Status
- /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -LDInfo -LAll -aAll -a0
[email protected]:~# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -LDInfo -LAll -aAll
Adapter 0 -- Virtual Drive Information:
Virtual Drive: 0 (Target Id: 0)
Name :
RAID Level : Primary-6, Secondary-0, RAID Level Qualifier-3
Size : 3.635 TB
Is VD emulated : No
Parity Size : 3.635 TB
State : Optimal
Strip Size : 64 KB
Number Of Drives : 4
Span Depth : 1
Default Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU
Current Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU
Default Access Policy: Read/Write
Current Access Policy: Read/Write
Disk Cache Policy : Enabled
Encryption Type : None
Bad Blocks Exist: No
Is VD Cached: No
Virtual Drive: 1 (Target Id: 1)
Name :
RAID Level : Primary-1, Secondary-0, RAID Level Qualifier-0
Size : 1.817 TB
Is VD emulated : Yes
Mirror Data : 1.817 TB
State : Optimal
Strip Size : 64 KB
Number Of Drives : 2
Span Depth : 1
Default Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU
Current Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU
Default Access Policy: Read/Write
Current Access Policy: Read/Write
Disk Cache Policy : Enabled
Encryption Type : None
Bad Blocks Exist: No
Is VD Cached: No
Virtual Drive: 2 (Target Id: 2)
Name :
RAID Level : Primary-1, Secondary-0, RAID Level Qualifier-0
Size : 930.390 GB
Is VD emulated : No
Mirror Data : 930.390 GB
State : Optimal
Strip Size : 64 KB
Number Of Drives : 2
Span Depth : 1
Default Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU
Current Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU
Default Access Policy: Read/Write
Current Access Policy: Read/Write
Disk Cache Policy : Enabled
Encryption Type : None
Bad Blocks Exist: No
Is VD Cached: No
List any drive errors, warnings etc
- /MegaCli64 -CfgDsply -a0 | grep -ie “fail\|error\|inquiry\|\warn\|s.m.a.r.t.”
List Disk Groups and Disks
- ./MegaCli64 -CfgDsply -a0
List drives by Enclosure Device ID and Slot Number
- MegaCli64 -PDList -a0|grep -E ‘Inquiry|Firmware|Slot|ID’
Autorebuild Status
- /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -AdpAutoRbld -Dsply -a0 *
* [email protected]:~# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -AdpAutoRbld -Dsply -a0
Adapter 0: AutoRebuild is Enabled.
Query Rebuild Rate
- /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -AdpGetProp RebuildRate -a0
[email protected]:/oldroot/home# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -AdpGetProp RebuildRate -a0
Adapter 0: Rebuild Rate = 30%
Exit Code: 0x00
Enable Disk Drive Cache
- /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -LDSetProp -EnDskCache -Immediate -LAll -aAll
[email protected]:~# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -LDSetProp -EnDskCache -Immediate -LAll -aAll
Set Disk Cache Policy to Enabled on Adapter 0, VD 0 (target id: 0) success
Set Disk Cache Policy to Enabled on Adapter 0, VD 1 (target id: 1) success
Set Disk Cache Policy to Enabled on Adapter 0, VD 2 (target id: 2) success
Exit Code: 0x00
Enable Read-Ahead
- /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -LDSetProp -RA -Immediate -LALL -aALL
* [email protected]:~# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -LDSetProp -RA -Immediate -LALL -aALL
Set Read Policy to ReadAhead on Adapter 0, VD 0 (target id: 0) success
Set Read Policy to ReadAhead
on Adapter 0, VD 1 (target id: 1) success
Set Read Policy to ReadAhead on Adapter 0, VD 2 (target id: 2) success
Exit Code: 0x00
Enable Write Back Cache on Raid Cntroller
- */opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -LDSetProp WB -LALL -aALL *
- Note: if the battery is low or missing you will see something like this
[email protected]:~# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -LDSetProp WB -LALL -aALL
Adapter 0: Get BBU Status Failed.
So policy Change to WB will not come into effect immediately
Set Write Policy to WriteBack on Adapter 0, VD 0 (target id: 0) success
Adapter 0: Get BBU Status Failed.
Check Battery Status
- /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -AdpBbuCmd -aAll
[email protected]:~# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -AdpBbuCmd -aAll
BBU status for Adapter: 0
BatteryType: iBBU
Voltage: 4029 mV
Current: 199 mA
Temperature: 38 C
Battery State: Degraded(Need Attention
Force Battery Learn Cycle
- /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -AdpBbuCmd -BbuLearn -aALL
Disable Write Cache if battery is bad
- MegaCli64 -LDSetProp -NoCachedBadBBU -Immediate -Lall -aAll
Enable Write Back Cache even if Battery is dead or missing
- [email protected]:~# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -LDSetProp -CachedBadBBU -Immediate -Lall -aAll
[email protected]:~# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -LDSetProp -CachedBadBBU -Immediate -Lall -aAll
Set Write Cache OK if bad BBU on Adapter 0, VD 0 (target id: 0) success
Set Write Cache OK if bad BBU on Adapter 0, VD 1 (target id: 1) success
Set Write Cache OK if bad BBU on Adapter 0, VD 2 (target id: 2) success
Exit Code: 0x00
Check NCQ status
- /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -AdpGetProp -NCQDsply -aALL *
* [email protected]:~# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -AdpGetProp -NCQDsply -aALL
Adapter 0: NCQ Status is Enabled
Exit Code: 0x00
Finding faulty drive
- MegaCli64 -CfgDsply -a0
Start Blink LED on srive
- MegaCli64 -PdLocate -start -physdrv[252:0] -aALL
- Note: Enclosure ID: 252, Slot: 0
Stop Blink LED on srive
- MegaCli64 -PdLocate -start -physdrv[252:0] -aALL
- Note: Enclosure ID: 252, Slot: 0
Contoller Information
- MegaCli/MegaCli64 -adpallinfo -a0
Silence Alarms
- MegaCli64 -AdpSetProp AlarmSilence -aALL
Take drive offline
*MegaCli/MegaCli64 -PDOffline -PhysDrv [252:3] -a0
- Note: * Note: *Enclosure ID: 252, Slot: 3*
Verify drive state
- MegaCli64 -PdInfo -PhysDrv 252:3] -a0 | grep state
- Note: * Note: *Enclosure ID: 252, Slot: 3*
Example finding failed disk and blinking the led on it
- List Drive status – see listing below for output for this example
- MegaCli64 -CfgDsply -a0
- Blink Failing drive
- Note looking at the listing below you will see the following information on the bad drive
- Enclosure Device ID: 252
- Slot Number: 0
- Enclosure position: 0
- MegaCli64 -PdLocate -start -physdrv[252:0] -aALL
- We used Enclosure Device ID: 252 and Slot Number: 0
- Note looking at the listing below you will see the following information on the bad drive
MegaCli64 -CfgDsply -a0 ============================================================================== Adapter: 0 Product Name: LSI 2108 MegaRAID Memory: 512MB BBU: Present Serial No: ============================================================================== Number of DISK GROUPS: 3 DISK GROUP: 0 Number of Spans: 1 SPAN: 0 Span Reference: 0x00 Number of PDs: 4 Number of VDs: 1 Number of dedicated Hotspares: 0 Virtual Drive Information: Virtual Drive: 0 (Target Id: 0) Name : RAID Level : Primary-6, Secondary-0, RAID Level Qualifier-3 Size : 3.635 TB State : Optimal Strip Size : 64 KB Number Of Drives : 4 Span Depth : 1 Default Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU Current Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU Access Policy : Read/Write Disk Cache Policy : Enabled Encryption Type : None Bad Blocks Exist: No Physical Disk Information: Physical Disk: 0 Enclosure Device ID: 252 Slot Number: 0 Enclosure position: 0 Device Id: 5 Sequence Number: 2 Media Error Count: 0 Other Error Count: 0 Predictive Failure Count: 1 Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 347191 PD Type: SAS Raw Size: 1.819 TB [0xe8e088b0 Sectors] Non Coerced Size: 1.818 TB [0xe8d088b0 Sectors] Coerced Size: 1.817 TB [0xe8b6d000 Sectors] Firmware state: Online, Spun Up SAS Address(0): 0x5000c50025e6fbb1 SAS Address(1): 0x0 Connected Port Number: 0(path0) Inquiry Data: SEAGATE ST32000444SS 00069WM345GE FDE Capable: Not Capable FDE Enable: Disable Secured: Unsecured Locked: Unlocked Needs EKM Attention: No Foreign State: None Device Speed: 6.0Gb/s Link Speed: 6.0Gb/s Media Type: Hard Disk Device Drive: Not Certified Drive Temperature :44C (111.20 F) Physical Disk: 1 Enclosure Device ID: 252 Slot Number: 1 Enclosure position: 0 Device Id: 6 Sequence Number: 2 Media Error Count: 0 Other Error Count: 0 Predictive Failure Count: 0 Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0 PD Type: SAS Raw Size: 1.819 TB [0xe8e088b0 Sectors] Non Coerced Size: 1.818 TB [0xe8d088b0 Sectors] Coerced Size: 1.817 TB [0xe8b6d000 Sectors] Firmware state: Online, Spun Up SAS Address(0): 0x5000c50062bcffb1 SAS Address(1): 0x0 Connected Port Number: 6(path0) Inquiry Data: SEAGATE ST2000NM0023 0004Z1X3KAP4 FDE Capable: Not Capable FDE Enable: Disable Secured: Unsecured Locked: Unlocked Needs EKM Attention: No Foreign State: None Device Speed: 6.0Gb/s Link Speed: 6.0Gb/s Media Type: Hard Disk Device Drive: Not Certified Drive Temperature :45C (113.00 F) Physical Disk: 2 Enclosure Device ID: 252 Slot Number: 2 Enclosure position: 0 Device Id: 7 Sequence Number: 2 Media Error Count: 0 Other Error Count: 0 Predictive Failure Count: 0 Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0 PD Type: SAS Raw Size: 1.819 TB [0xe8e088b0 Sectors] Non Coerced Size: 1.818 TB [0xe8d088b0 Sectors] Coerced Size: 1.817 TB [0xe8b6d000 Sectors] Firmware state: Online, Spun Up SAS Address(0): 0x5000c50062bd14cd SAS Address(1): 0x0 Connected Port Number: 1(path0) Inquiry Data: SEAGATE ST2000NM0023 0004Z1X3KA7L FDE Capable: Not Capable FDE Enable: Disable Secured: Unsecured Locked: Unlocked Needs EKM Attention: No Foreign State: None Device Speed: 6.0Gb/s Link Speed: 6.0Gb/s Media Type: Hard Disk Device Drive: Not Certified Drive Temperature :44C (111.20 F) Physical Disk: 3 Enclosure Device ID: 252 Slot Number: 3 Enclosure position: 0 Device Id: 8 Sequence Number: 2 Media Error Count: 0 Other Error Count: 0 Predictive Failure Count: 0 Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0 PD Type: SAS Raw Size: 1.819 TB [0xe8e088b0 Sectors] Non Coerced Size: 1.818 TB [0xe8d088b0 Sectors] Coerced Size: 1.817 TB [0xe8b6d000 Sectors] Firmware state: Online, Spun Up SAS Address(0): 0x5000c50025e5fad5 SAS Address(1): 0x0 Connected Port Number: 3(path0) Inquiry Data: SEAGATE ST32000444SS 00069WM33DYT FDE Capable: Not Capable FDE Enable: Disable Secured: Unsecured Locked: Unlocked Needs EKM Attention: No Foreign State: None Device Speed: 6.0Gb/s Link Speed: 6.0Gb/s Media Type: Hard Disk Device Drive: Not Certified Drive Temperature :39C (102.20 F) DISK GROUP: 1 Number of Spans: 1 SPAN: 0 Span Reference: 0x01 Number of PDs: 2 Number of VDs: 1 Number of dedicated Hotspares: 0 Virtual Drive Information: Virtual Drive: 1 (Target Id: 1) Name : RAID Level : Primary-1, Secondary-0, RAID Level Qualifier-0 Size : 1.817 TB State : Optimal Strip Size : 64 KB Number Of Drives : 2 Span Depth : 1 Default Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU Current Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU Access Policy : Read/Write Disk Cache Policy : Enabled Encryption Type : None Bad Blocks Exist: No Physical Disk Information: Physical Disk: 0 Enclosure Device ID: 252 Slot Number: 4 Enclosure position: 0 Device Id: 10 Sequence Number: 2 Media Error Count: 0 Other Error Count: 0 Predictive Failure Count: 0 Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0 PD Type: SATA Raw Size: 1.819 TB [0xe8e088b0 Sectors] Non Coerced Size: 1.818 TB [0xe8d088b0 Sectors] Coerced Size: 1.817 TB [0xe8b6d000 Sectors] Firmware state: Online, Spun Up SAS Address(0): 0x4433221104000000 Connected Port Number: 7(path0) Inquiry Data: WD-WCAZA8177192WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB0 51.0AB51 FDE Capable: Not Capable FDE Enable: Disable Secured: Unsecured Locked: Unlocked Needs EKM Attention: No Foreign State: None Device Speed: 3.0Gb/s Link Speed: 3.0Gb/s Media Type: Hard Disk Device Drive: Not Certified Drive Temperature :30C (86.00 F) Physical Disk: 1 Enclosure Device ID: 252 Slot Number: 5 Enclosure position: 0 Device Id: 9 Sequence Number: 2 Media Error Count: 0 Other Error Count: 0 Predictive Failure Count: 0 Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0 PD Type: SATA Raw Size: 1.819 TB [0xe8e088b0 Sectors] Non Coerced Size: 1.818 TB [0xe8d088b0 Sectors] Coerced Size: 1.817 TB [0xe8b6d000 Sectors] Firmware state: Online, Spun Up SAS Address(0): 0x4433221105000000 Connected Port Number: 2(path0) Inquiry Data: WD-WMAZA6728709WDC WD20EARX-00PASB0 51.0AB51 FDE Capable: Not Capable FDE Enable: Disable Secured: Unsecured Locked: Unlocked Needs EKM Attention: No Foreign State: None Device Speed: 6.0Gb/s Link Speed: 6.0Gb/s Media Type: Hard Disk Device Drive: Not Certified Drive Temperature :36C (96.80 F) DISK GROUP: 2 Number of Spans: 1 SPAN: 0 Span Reference: 0x02 Number of PDs: 2 Number of VDs: 1 Number of dedicated Hotspares: 0 Virtual Drive Information: Virtual Drive: 2 (Target Id: 2) Name : RAID Level : Primary-1, Secondary-0, RAID Level Qualifier-0 Size : 930.390 GB State : Optimal Strip Size : 64 KB Number Of Drives : 2 Span Depth : 1 Default Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU Current Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAhead, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU Access Policy : Read/Write Disk Cache Policy : Enabled Encryption Type : None Bad Blocks Exist: No Physical Disk Information: Physical Disk: 0 Enclosure Device ID: 252 Slot Number: 6 Enclosure position: 0 Device Id: 11 Sequence Number: 2 Media Error Count: 0 Other Error Count: 0 Predictive Failure Count: 0 Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0 PD Type: SATA Raw Size: 931.512 GB [0x74706db0 Sectors] Non Coerced Size: 931.012 GB [0x74606db0 Sectors] Coerced Size: 930.390 GB [0x744c8000 Sectors] Firmware state: Online, Spun Up SAS Address(0): 0x4433221106000000 Connected Port Number: 4(path0) Inquiry Data: WD-WMATV0360069WDC WD1002FBYS-01A6B0 03.00C05 FDE Capable: Not Capable FDE Enable: Disable Secured: Unsecured Locked: Unlocked Needs EKM Attention: No Foreign State: None Device Speed: 3.0Gb/s Link Speed: 3.0Gb/s Media Type: Hard Disk Device Drive: Not Certified Drive Temperature :44C (111.20 F) Physical Disk: 1 Enclosure Device ID: 252 Slot Number: 7 Enclosure position: 0 Device Id: 4 Sequence Number: 2 Media Error Count: 0 Other Error Count: 0 Predictive Failure Count: 0 Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0 PD Type: SATA Raw Size: 931.512 GB [0x74706db0 Sectors] Non Coerced Size: 931.012 GB [0x74606db0 Sectors] Coerced Size: 930.390 GB [0x744c8000 Sectors] Firmware state: Online, Spun Up SAS Address(0): 0x4433221107000000 Connected Port Number: 5(path0) Inquiry Data: WD-WMATV0407068WDC WD1002FBYS-01A6B0 03.00C05 FDE Capable: Not Capable FDE Enable: Disable Secured: Unsecured Locked: Unlocked Needs EKM Attention: No Foreign State: None Device Speed: 3.0Gb/s Link Speed: 3.0Gb/s Media Type: Hard Disk Device Drive: Not Certified Drive Temperature :46C (114.80 F)