Esxcli Command Syntax; Confirm Hard Disk Drives Status - NEC Express5800 Series Maintenance Manual

Chapter 2 Configuring and Upgrading the System
2.2

esxcli Command Syntax

The esxcli command syntax used in this document is as follows.
• To check the state of the disk
esxcli -s <ESXi host IP address> storage mpm list
• To isolate a disk from the RAID configuration
esxcli -s <ESXi host IP address> storage mpm fail –v <Device name> -d <Kernel
device name>
• To remove a disk from the RAID configuration
esxcli -s <ESXi host IP address> storage mpm remove –v <Device name> -d <Kernel
device name>
• To add a disk to the RAID configuration
esxcli -s <ESXi host IP address> storage mpm add –v <Device name> -d <Kernel device
name>
• To add disks (RAID configuration)
esxcli -s <ESXi host IP address> storage mpm create –v <Device name> --disk1=
<Kernel device name> --disk2=<Kernel device name>
2.3

Confirm Hard Disk Drives status

To confirm the disk status, use esxcli storage mpm list command.
The following display is an example when esxcli storage mpm list command is run.
# esxcli –s xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx storage mpm list
Info
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mpm0 : 143066368 blocks (139713 MB) [2/2]
\_ vmhba100500:C0:T0:L0 (10/40/1)
\_ vmhba110500:C0:T0:L0 (11/40/1)
Note
The kernel device name is defined at the time when disk is detected. Accordingly, it is
subject to be changed if the disk is relocated or the system is rebooted. You need to
confirm the current disk status by running the esxcli storage mpm list command
every time you perform disk operation.
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