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I dump a log file of the controller and associated drives so I can reference it and build my actions list and script from it. Use whatever pager you like I used less.
megacli -AdpEventLog -GetEvents -f megacli_events.log -aALL && less megacli_events.log
Gather information
* Controller information
megacli -AdpAllInfo -aALL
megacli -CfgDsply -aALL
megacli -AdpEventLog -GetEvents -f events.log -aALL && cat events.log
* Enclosure information
megacli -EncInfo -aALL
* Virtual drive information
megacli -LDInfo -Lall -aALL
* Physical drive information
megacli -PDList -aALL
megacli -PDInfo -PhysDrv [E:S] -aALL
* Battery backup information
megacli -AdpBbuCmd -aALL
Controller management
* Silence active alarm
megacli -AdpSetProp AlarmSilence -aALL
* Disable alarm
megacli -AdpSetProp AlarmDsbl -aALL
* Enable alarm
megacli -AdpSetProp AlarmEnbl -aALL
Virtual drive management
* Create RAID 0, 1, 5 drive
megacli -CfgLdAdd -r(0|1|5) [E:S, E:S, ...] -aN
* Create RAID 10 drive
megacli -CfgSpanAdd -r10 -Array0[E:S,E:S] -Array1[E:S,E:S] -aN
* Remove drive
megacli -CfgLdDel -Lx -aN
Physical drive management
* Set state to offline
megacli -PDOffline -PhysDrv [E:S] -aN
* Set state to online
megacli -PDOnline -PhysDrv [E:S] -aN
* Mark as missing
megacli -PDMarkMissing -PhysDrv [E:S] -aN
* Prepare for removal
megacli -PdPrpRmv -PhysDrv [E:S] -aN
* Replace missing drive
megacli -PdReplaceMissing -PhysDrv [E:S] -ArrayN -rowN -aN
The number N of the array parameter is the Span Reference you get using „megacli -CfgDsply -
aALL“ and the number N of the row parameter is the Physical Disk in that span or array starting with
zero (it’s not the physical disk’s slot!).
* Rebuild drive
megacli -PDRbld -Start -PhysDrv [E:S] -aN
megacli -PDRbld -Stop -PhysDrv [E:S] -aN
megacli -PDRbld -ShowProg -PhysDrv [E:S] -aN
* Clear drive
megacli -PDClear -Start -PhysDrv [E:S] -aN
megacli -PDClear -Stop -PhysDrv [E:S] -aN
megacli -PDClear -ShowProg -PhysDrv [E:S] -aN
* Bad to good
megacli -PDMakeGood -PhysDrv[E:S] -aN
Changes drive in state Unconfigured-Bad to Unconfigured-Good.
Hot spare management
* Set global hot spare
megacli -PDHSP -Set -PhysDrv [E:S] -aN
* Remove hot spare
megacli -PDHSP -Rmv -PhysDrv [E:S] -aN
* Set dedicated hot spare
megacli -PDHSP -Set -Dedicated -ArrayN,M,... -PhysDrv [E:S] -aN
Walkthrough: Change/replace a drive
1. Set the drive offline, if it is not already offline due to an error
megacli -PDOffline -PhysDrv [E:S] -aN
2. Mark the drive as missing
megacli -PDMarkMissing -PhysDrv [E:S] -aN
3. Prepare drive for removal
megacli -PDPrpRmv -PhysDrv [E:S] -aN
4. Change/replace the drive
5. If you’re using hot spares then the replaced drive should become your new hot spare drive
megacli -PDHSP -Set -PhysDrv [E:S] -aN
6. In case you’re not working with hot spares, you must re-add the new drive to your RAID virtual
drive and start the rebuilding
megacli -PdReplaceMissing -PhysDrv [E:S] -ArrayN -rowN -aN
megacli -PDRbld -Start -PhysDrv [E:S] -aN
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MegaCLI SAS RAID Management Tool Ver 5.00.20 September 30, 2009
(c)Copyright 2009, LSI Corporation, All Rights Reserved.
NOTE: The following options may be given at the end of any command below:
[-Silent] [-AppLogFile filename] [-NoLog] [-page[N]]
[-] is optional.
N - Number of lines per page.
MegaCli -v
MegaCli -help|-h|?
MegaCli -adpCount
MegaCli -AdpSetProp {CacheFlushInterval -val}|{ RebuildRate -val}
|{PatrolReadRate -val}|{BgiRate -val}|{CCRate -val}
|{ReconRate -val}|{SpinupDriveCount -val}|{SpinupDelay -val}
|{CoercionMode -val}|{ClusterEnable -val}|{PredFailPollInterval -val}
|{BatWarnDsbl -val} |{EccBucketSize -val} | {EccBucketLeakRate -val}
|{AbortCCOnError -val} | AlarmEnbl | AlarmDsbl | AlarmSilence
|{SMARTCpyBkEnbl -val} | NCQEnbl | NCQDsbl -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
|{SSDSMARTCpyBkEnbl -val} -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
|{MaintainPdFailHistoryEnbl -val} -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
|{ExposeEnclDevicesEnbl -val} -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
|{EnblSpinDownUnConfigDrvs -val} -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
|{EnblSSDPatrolRead -val} -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
| AutoEnhancedImportEnbl | AutoEnhancedImportDsbl -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpSetProp -AutoDetectBackPlaneDsbl -val -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
val - 0=Enable Auto Detect of SGPIO and i2c SEP.
1=Disable Auto Detect of SGPIO.
2=Disable Auto Detect of i2c SEP.
3=Disable Auto Detect of SGPIO and i2c SEP.
MegaCli -AdpSetProp -CopyBackDsbl -val -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
val - 0=Enable Copyback.
1=Disable Copyback.
MegaCli -AdpSetProp -EnableJBOD -val -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
val - 0=Disable JBOD mode.
1=Enable JBOD mode.
MegaCli -AdpSetProp -LoadBalanceMode -val -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
val - 0=Auto Load balance mode.
1=Disable Load balance mode.
MegaCli -AdpSetProp -UseFDEOnlyEncrypt -val -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
val - 0=FDE and controller encryption (if HW supports) is allowed.
1=Only support FDE encryption, disallow controller encryption.
MegaCli -AdpSetProp -PrCorrectUncfgdAreas -val -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
val - 0= Correcting Media error during PR is disabled.
1=Correcting Media error during PR is allowed.
MegaCli -AdpGetProp CacheFlushInterval | RebuildRate | PatrolReadRate | BgiRate
| CCRate | ReconRate | SpinupDriveCount | SpinupDelay | CoercionMode
| PredFailPollInterval | EccBucketSize | EccBucketLeakRate | EccBucketCount
| ClusterEnable | BatWarnDsbl | AbortCCOnError | AlarmDsply
| AutoDetectBackPlaneDsbl| CopyBackDsbl | LoadBalanceMode | SMARTCpyBkEnbl | SSDSMARTCpyBkEnbl |
MaintainPdFailHistoryEnbl | EnblSpinDownUnConfigDrvs
| EnableJBOD | EnblSSDPatrolRead | ExposeEnclDevicesEnbl
| NCQDsply -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
| UseFDEOnlyEncrypt | WBSupport -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
| AutoEnhancedImportDsply -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
| PrCorrectUncfgdAreas -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpAllInfo -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpGetTime -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpSetTime yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss -aN
MegaCli -AdpSetVerify -f fileName -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpBIOS -Enbl |-Dsbl | -SOE | -BE | -Dsply -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpBootDrive {-Set {-Lx | -physdrv[E0:S0]}}|-Get -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpAutoRbld -Enbl|-Dsbl|-Dsply -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpCacheFlush -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpPR -Dsbl|EnblAuto|EnblMan|Start|Stop|Info| SSDPatrolReadEnbl | SSDPatrolReadDsbl
|{SetDelay Val}|{-SetStartTime yyyymmdd hh}|{maxConcurrentPD Val} -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpCcSched -Dsbl|-Info|{-ModeConc | -ModeSeq [-ExcludeLD -LN|-L0,1,2]
[-SetStartTime yyyymmdd hh ] [-SetDelay val ] } -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpCcSched -SetStartTime yyyymmdd hh -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpCcSched -SetDelay val -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -FwTermLog -BBUoff|BBUoffTemp|BBUon|BBUGet|Dsply|Clear -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpAlILog -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpShutDown -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -PDList -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -PDGetNum -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -pdInfo -PhysDrv[E0:S0,E1:S1,...] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -PDOnline -PhysDrv[E0:S0,E1:S1,...] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -PDOffline -PhysDrv[E0:S0,E1:S1,...] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -PDMakeGood -PhysDrv[E0:S0,E1:S1,...] | [-Force] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -PDMakeJBOD -PhysDrv[E0:S0,E1:S1,...] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -PDHSP {-Set [-Dedicated [-ArrayN|-Array0,1,2...]] [-EnclAffinity] [-nonRevertible]}
|-Rmv -PhysDrv[E0:S0,E1:S1,...] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -PDRbld -Start|-Stop|-ShowProg |-ProgDsply
-PhysDrv [E0:S0,E1:S1,...] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -PDClear -Start|-Stop|-ShowProg |-ProgDsply
-PhysDrv [E0:S0,E1:S1,...] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -PdLocate {[-start] | -stop} -physdrv[E0:S0,E1:S1,...] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -PdMarkMissing -physdrv[E0:S0,E1:S1,...] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -PdGetMissing -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -PdReplaceMissing -physdrv[E0:S0] -arrayA, -rowB -aN
MegaCli -PdPrpRmv [-UnDo] -physdrv[E0:S0] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -EncInfo -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -PhyInfo -phyM -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -PdFwDownload [-SataBridge] -PhysDrv[0:1,1:2,...] -f -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -LDInfo -Lx|-L0,1,2|-Lall -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -LDSetProp {-Name LdNamestring} | -RW|RO|Blocked | WT|WB [-Immediate] |RA|NORA|ADRA
| Cached|Direct | -EnDskCache|DisDskCache | CachedBadBBU|NoCachedBadBBU
-Lx|-L0,1,2|-Lall -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -LDGetProp -Cache | -Access | -Name | -DskCache -Lx|-L0,1,2|-LALL
-aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -LDInit {-Start [-full]}|-Abort|-ShowProg|-ProgDsply -Lx|-L0,1,2|-LALL -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -LDCC {-Start [-force]}|-Abort|-ShowProg|-ProgDsply -Lx|-L0,1,2|-LALL -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -LDBI -Enbl|-Dsbl|-getSetting|-Abort|-ShowProg|-ProgDsply -Lx|-L0,1,2|-LALL -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -LDRecon {-Start -rX [{-Add | -Rmv} -Physdrv[E0:S0,...]]}|-ShowProg|-ProgDsply
-Lx -aN
MegaCli -LdPdInfo -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -LDGetNum -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -LDBBMClr -Lx|-L0,1,2,...|-Lall -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -CfgLdAdd -rX[E0:S0,E1:S1,...] [WT|WB] [NORA|RA|ADRA] [Direct|Cached]
[CachedBadBBU|NoCachedBadBBU] [-szXXX [-szYYY ...]]
[-strpszM] [-Hsp[E0:S0,...]] [-AfterLdX] [-Force]|[FDE|CtrlBased] -aN
MegaCli -CfgEachDskRaid0 [WT|WB] [NORA|RA|ADRA] [Direct|Cached]
[CachedBadBBU|NoCachedBadBBU] [-strpszM]|[FDE|CtrlBased] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -CfgClr -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -CfgDsply -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -CfgLdDel -LX|-L0,2,5...|-LALL -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -CfgFreeSpaceinfo -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -CfgSpanAdd -r10 -Array0[E0:S0,E1:S1] -Array1[E0:S0,E1:S1] [-ArrayX[E0:S0,E1:S1] ...]
[WT|WB] [NORA|RA|ADRA] [Direct|Cached] [CachedBadBBU|NoCachedBadBBU]
[-szXXX[-szYYY ...]][-strpszM][-AfterLdX]|[FDE|CtrlBased] -aN
MegaCli -CfgSpanAdd -r50 -Array0[E0:S0,E1:S1,E2:S2,...] -Array1[E0:S0,E1:S1,E2:S2,...]
[-ArrayX[E0:S0,E1:S1,E2:S2,...] ...] [WT|WB] [NORA|RA|ADRA] [Direct|Cached]
[CachedBadBBU|NoCachedBadBBU][-szXXX[-szYYY ...]][-strpszM][-AfterLdX]|
[FDE|CtrlBased] -aN
MegaCli -CfgAllFreeDrv -rX [-SATAOnly] [-SpanCount XXX] [WT|WB] [NORA|RA|ADRA]
[Direct|Cached] [CachedBadBBU|NoCachedBadBBU] [-strpszM]
[-HspCount XX [-HspType -Dedicated|-EnclAffinity|-nonRevertible]]|
[FDE|CtrlBased] -aN
MegaCli -CfgSave -f filename -aN
MegaCli -CfgRestore -f filename -aN
MegaCli -CfgForeign -Scan | [-SecurityKey sssssssssss] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -CfgForeign -Dsply [x] | [-SecurityKey sssssssssss] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -CfgForeign -Preview [x] | [-SecurityKey sssssssssss] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -CfgForeign -Import [x] | [-SecurityKey sssssssssss] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -CfgForeign -Clear [x]|[-SecurityKey sssssssssss] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
x - index of foreign configurations. Optional. All by default.
MegaCli -AdpEventLog -GetEventLogInfo -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpEventLog -GetEvents {-info -warning -critical -fatal} {-f } -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpEventLog -GetSinceShutdown {-info -warning -critical -fatal} {-f } -aN|-
a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpEventLog -GetSinceReboot {-info -warning -critical -fatal} {-f } -aN|-a0,1,2|-
aALL
MegaCli -AdpEventLog -IncludeDeleted {-info -warning -critical -fatal} {-f } -aN|-a0,1,2|-
aALL
MegaCli -AdpEventLog -GetLatest n {-info -warning -critical -fatal} {-f } -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpEventLog -GetCCIncon -f -LX|-L0,2,5...|-LALL -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpEventLog -Clear -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpBbuCmd -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpBbuCmd -GetBbuStatus -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpBbuCmd -GetBbuCapacityInfo -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpBbuCmd -GetBbuDesignInfo -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpBbuCmd -GetBbuProperties -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpBbuCmd -BbuLearn -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpBbuCmd -BbuMfgSleep -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpBbuCmd -BbuMfgSeal -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpBbuCmd -SetBbuProperties -f -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpFacDefSet -aN
MegaCli -AdpFwFlash -f filename [-NoSigChk] [-NoVerChk] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpGetConnectorMode -ConnectorN|-Connector0,1|-ConnectorAll -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -AdpSetConnectorMode -Internal|-External|-Auto -ConnectorN|-Connector0,1|-ConnectorAll -aN|-
a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -PhyErrorCounters -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -DirectPdMapping -Enbl|-Dsbl|-Dsply -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -PDCpyBk -Start -PhysDrv[E0:S0,E1:S1] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -PDCpyBk -Stop|-ShowProg|-ProgDsply -PhysDrv[E0:S0] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -PDInstantSecureErase -PhysDrv[E0:S0,E1:S1,...] | [-Force] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -LDMakeSecure -Lx|-L0,1,2,...|-Lall -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -DestroySecurityKey | [-Force] -aN
MegaCli -CreateSecurityKey -SecurityKey sssssssssss | [-Passphrase sssssssssss] |[-KeyID kkkkkkkkkkk]
-aN
MegaCli -ChangeSecurityKey -OldSecurityKey sssssssssss | -SecurityKey sssssssssss|
[-Passphrase sssssssssss] | [-KeyID kkkkkkkkkkk] -aN
MegaCli -GetKeyID [-PhysDrv[E0:S0]] -aN
MegaCli -SetKeyID -KeyID kkkkkkkkkkk -aN
MegaCli -VerifySecurityKey -SecurityKey sssssssssss -aN
MegaCli -GetPreservedCacheList -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
MegaCli -DiscardPreservedCache -Lx|-L0,1,2|-Lall -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
sssssssssss - It must be between eight and thirty-two
characters and contain at least one number,
one lowercase letter, one uppercase
letter and one non-alphanumeric character.
kkkkkkkkkkk - Must be less than 256 characters.
Note: The directly connected drives can be specified as [:S]
Wildcard '?' can be used to specify the enclosure ID for the drive in the
only enclosure without direct connected device or the direct connected
drives with no enclosure in the system.
Note:[-aALL] option assumes that the parameters specified are valid
for all the Adapters.
The following options may be given at the end of any command above:
[-Silent] [-AppLogFile filename] [-NoLog] [-page[N]]
[-] is optional.
N - Number of lines per page.
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