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(1) Using the utility command vgc-monitor of the Flash Drive:
You can use the utility command vgc-monitor on RHEL or Windows to check
the current remaining rewrite capacity. The vgc-monitor command outputs
"Remaining Life: xx.xx%" which indicates in percentage the remaining rewrite
capacity divided by the maximum rewrite capacity (xx.xx PB). (The factory
default is 96% to 100%).
For how to use the vgc-monitor command on RHEL, Windows, or ESXi, see the
following.
RHEL: vgc-monitor -d
Windows: vgc-monitor -d vgcx
ESXi: /opt/vgc/bin/vgc-monitor -d vgcx
To find x in vgcx above, use the following command.
RHEL, Windows: vgc-monitor
ESXi: /opt/vgc/bin/vgc-monitor
For PCI slots with Flash Drives installed, their buses are assigned letters in the
following order: vgca, vgcb, vgcc, ...
vgc-monitor -d output example
[root@spa05]# vgc-monitor -d /dev/vgca
vgc-monitor x.x(xxxxx.xx)
Driver Uptime:xx:xx
Card Name
Num Partitions
vgca
1
Serial Number
Card Info
Temperature
Temp Throttle
Card State Details
Action Required
Partition
Usable Capacity
vgca0
xxxxxGB
Mode
Total Flash Bytes :xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (xx.xxTB) (reads)
Remaining Life
Partition State
Flash Reserves Left
PCIe Flash Drive FlashMAX2&3 User's Guide
/dev/vgcx
Card Type
HIT-MX-LP-XXXX-XX
:xxxxxxxx
:Part:SJTxxxxx
Rev:FlashMAX xxxxx,x8 Gen2
:xxC(Safe)
:Inactive
:Normal
:None
RAID
enabled
:maxcapacity
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (xx.xxTB) (writes)
:xx.xx%
:READY
:xx.xx%
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