This document is a quick cheat sheet on how to use the hpacucli utility to add, delete, identify and repair logical and physical disks on the HP Smart array controller. Some of these commands may need slight modifications. Please do not just copy and paste if you are not 100% sure what you are doing you may lose all of you data.
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Utility Keyword abbreviations
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| Abbreviations | chassisname = ch controller = ctrl logicaldrive = ld physicaldrive = pd drivewritecache = dwc |
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hpacucli utility
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| hpacucli | # hpacucli
# hpacucli help Note: you can use the hpacucli command in a script |
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Controller Commands
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| Display (detailed) | hpacucli> ctrl all show config hpacucli> ctrl all show config detail |
| Status | hpacucli> ctrl all show status |
| Cache | hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 modify dwc=disable hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 modify dwc=enable |
| Rescan | hpacucli> rescan
Note: detects newly added devices since the last rescan |
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Physical Drive Commands
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| Display (detailed) | hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 pd all show hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 pd 2:3 show detail Note: you can obtain the slot number by displaying the controller configuration (see above) |
| Status |
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 pd all show status hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 pd 2:3 show status |
| Erase | hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 pd 2:3 modify erase |
| Blink disk LED | hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 pd 2:3 modify led=on
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 pd 2:3 modify led=off |
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Logical Drive Commands
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| Display (detailed) | hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 ld all show [detail] hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 ld 4 show [detail] |
| Status | hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 ld all show status hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 ld 4 show status |
| Blink disk LED | hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 ld 4 modify led=on hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 ld 4 modify led=off |
| re-enabling failed drive | hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 ld 4 modify reenable forced |
| Create | # logical drive – one disk hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 create type=ld drives=1:12 raid=0 # logical drive – mirrored # logical drive – raid 5 Note: |
| Remove | hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 ld 4 delete |
| Expanding | hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 ld 4 add drives=2:3 |
| Extending | hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 ld 4 modify size=500 forced |
| Spare | hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 array all add spares=1:5,1:7 |