Verify The Storage And Disk Controller Status - Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node Operating System Installation Manual

Preparing Drives
Node contains
Mix of HDD and SSD, where some HDDs or SSDs
are for storage and others provide acceleration
Before creating VDs, you must gather some information about the drives and devices configured on each node.

Verify the storage and disk controller status

Before creating virtual drives (VDs), verify the storage and disk controller status.
Before you begin
Before using PERCCLI, ensure that your working directory is /opt/lsi/perccli/. If it is not, run:
cd /opt/lsi/perccli/
About this task
In this task, use the PERCCLI utility to perform the following tasks:
Verifying that all the disks are in UGood (unconfigured, but good) status
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Removing all the existing VDs from the node
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Setting up the controller card boot parameter
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Procedure
1. Log in to the node.
2. Display the disk information on the node:
/opt/lsi/perccli/perccli /c0/eall/sall show
Output similar to the following is displayed:
The output shows the following:
Enclosure ID (EID): Used in a later step when creating VDs
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Slot ID (SLT) of each drive: Used in a later step when creating VDs
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Drive type: Displays SSD or HDD as the device type. (SSD drives are smaller—744 GB in this case.)
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Drive state: Should be UGood (unused and good)
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