HPE has Provided very good utility called hpacu or (HP Array Configuration Utility) which is available in GUI and CLI for managing Local Hard disks of all HPE Servers and connected DAS (Direct Attached Storage) like HPE MDS 600.
It can easily be downloadable from HPE Driver and Firmware Website or also can come in SPP (Service Pack for Proliant) which ship with HPE Server. For more detail check your HPE Server documentation.
One can easily add, delete, identify and repair logical and physical disks on smart array controller. This utility also can be use to get diagnostic report for identifying the fault of either Hard Disk(s), RAID or Smart Array controller.
In Linux world HP has provided hpacu cli version called hpacucli, here I am sharing you some useful commands of hpacucli.
hpacucli utility:
#hpacucli
#hpacucli help
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Controller commands:
hpacucli> ctrl all show config ## Display detail of Controller
hpacucli> ctrl all show config detail
hpacucli> ctrl all show status ## Display status of Controller
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 modify dwc=disable ## Enable or Disable the cache
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 modify dwc=enable
hpacucli> rescan ## Detects newly added devices since the last rescan
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Physical drive commands:
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 pd all show ## Display detail information of PhysicalDrive hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 pd 2:3 show detail
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 pd all show status ## Display Status of physicalDrive hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 pd 2:3 show status
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 pd 2:3 modify erase ## To Erase the physicalDrive
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 pd 2:3 modify led=on ## To enable or Disable the LED hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 pd 2:3 modify led=off
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Logical drive commands:
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 ld all show ## Display detail information of LogicalDrive hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 ld 4 show
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 ld all show status ## Display Status of LogicalDrive hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 ld 4 show status
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 ld 4 modify reenable forced ## To re-enabling failed drive
Configuring RAID level:
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Create LogicalDrive with RAID 0 using one drive:
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 create type=ld drives=1:12 raid=0
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Create LogicalDrive with RAID 1 using two drives:
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 create type=ld drives=1:13,1:14 size=300 raid=1
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Create LogicalDrive with RAID 5 using five drives:
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 create type=ld drives=1:13,1:14,1:15,1:16,1:17 raid=5
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Expand, Extend, add spare and deleting Logical drives in existing RAID:
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 ld 4 delete
## To Delete LogicalDriveshpacucli> ctrl slot=0 ld 4 add drives=2:3
## Expanding ld by adding one more drivehpacucli> ctrl slot=0 ld 4 modify size=500 forced
## Extending the LogicalDriveshpacucli> ctrl slot=0 array all add spares=1:5,1:7
## Add two Spare disks
Fetching Smart Array Configuration Diagnostic report:
#hpacucli ctrl all diag file=/tmp/ADUReport.zip
Source:
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c03493210
http://www.datadisk.co.uk/html_docs/redhat/hpacucli.htm
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Yes, Its very informative
Thanks Aswani.