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Hpacucli Utility for Linux - All Commands Guide
Information
This information will help the user on how one can use the hpacucli utility for linux to add, delete, identify and repair logical and physical disks
on the Smart array controller.
Details
hpacucli utility:
# hpacucli
# hpacucli help
NOTE: User can use the hpacucli command in a script after installing hpacucli package (can be download separately as rpm / it also comes
in PSP in Linux).
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
Physical drive commands:
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 pd all show ## Display detail information of PhysicalDrive hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 pd 2:3 show de
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 pd all show status ## Display Status of physicalDrive hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 pd 2:3 show st
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
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 sta
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 ld 4 modify reenable forced ## To re-enabling failed drive
Configuring RAID level:
Create LogicalDrive with RAID 0 using one drive:
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 create type=ld drives=1:12 raid=0
Create LogicalDrive with RAID 1 using two drives:
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 create type=ld drives=1:13,1:14 size=300 raid=1
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
Expand, Extend, add spare and deleting Logical drives in existing RAID:
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 ld 4 delete
## To Delete LogicalDrives
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 ld 4 add drives=2:3
## Expanding ld by adding one more drive
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 ld 4 modify size=500 forced
## Extending the LogicalDrives
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 array all add spares=1:5,1:7
## Add two Spare disks
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