\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{Richard Holloway (richardjh)} \pdfinfo{ /Title (lsi-logic-megaraid.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (Richard Holloway (richardjh)) /Subject (LSI Logic MegaRAID Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{541B17} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F9F7F7} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{LSI Logic MegaRAID Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{Richard Holloway (richardjh)} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/478/cs/325/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Richard Holloway (richardjh) \\ \uline{cheatography.com/richardjh} \\ \uline{\seqsplit{richardjh}.org} \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 25th March, 2012.\\ Updated 11th May, 2016.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Requirements and General Information}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{DELL's PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) is a special LSI Logic SAS/SATA RAID Controller and thus the LSI management utility called MegaCli also works for this controller. For older controllers like PERC4 and PERC3 please refer to \seqsplit{http://linux.dell.com/storage.shtml} (keyword DellMgr). \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 6) MegaCli is available for Linux, DOS, Windows, Netware and Solaris. \newline % Row Count 8 (+ 2) You can get it from LSI's website (search for MegaRAID SAS) or download it here: \seqsplit{http://www.lsi.com/support/downloads/megaraid/miscellaneous/linux/1.01.40\_Linux\_Cli.zip.} \newline % Row Count 12 (+ 4) Inside the ZIP file you'll find an RPM archive which contains the MegaCli and MegaCli64 binaries (will be installed to /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli).% Row Count 15 (+ 3) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{MegaCli conventions}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Adapter parameter -aN} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{The parameter -aN (where N is a number starting with zero or the string ALL) specifies the PERC5/i adapter ID. If you have only one controller it's safe to use ALL instead of a specific ID, but you're encouraged to use the ID for everything that makes changes to your RAID configuration.} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 6) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Physical drive parameter -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{For commands that operate on one or more pysical drives, the -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]} parameter is used, where E is the enclosure device ID in which the drive resides and S the slot number (starting with zero). You can get the enclosure device ID using „MegaCli -EncInfo -aALL". The E:S syntax is also used for specifying the physical drives when creating a new RAID virtual drive (see 5).} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 8) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Virtual drive parameter -Lx} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{The parameter -Lx is used for specifying the virtual drive (where x is a number starting with zero or the string all).} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Gather information}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Adapter information} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -AdpAllInfo -aALL} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Configuration information} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -CfgDsply -aALL} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Events Information} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -AdpEventLog -GetEvents -f events.log -aALL \&\& cat events.log} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Enclosure information} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -EncInfo -aALL} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Virtual drive information} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -LDInfo -Lall -aALL} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Physical drive list} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -PDList -aALL} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Physical drive list} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -PDInfo -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]} -aALL} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Battery backup information} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -AdpBbuCmd -aALL} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Controller management}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Silence active alarm} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -AdpSetProp AlarmSilence -aALL} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Disable alarm} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -AdpSetProp AlarmDsbl -aALL} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Enable alarm} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -AdpSetProp AlarmEnbl -aALL} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Virtual drive management}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Create RAID 0, 1, 5 drive} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -CfgLdAdd -r(0|1|5) {[}E:S, E:S, ...{]} -aN} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Create RAID 10 drive} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -CfgSpanAdd -r10 -Array0{[}E:S,E:S{]} -Array1{[}E:S,E:S{]} -aN} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Remove drive} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -CfgLdDel -Lx -aN} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Physical drive management}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Set state to offline} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -PDOffline -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]} -aN} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Set state to online} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -PDOnline -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]} -aN} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Mark as missing} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -PDMarkMissing -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]} -aN} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Prepare for removal} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -PdPrpRmv -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]} -aN} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Replace missing drive} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -PdReplaceMissing -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]} -ArrayN -rowN -aN} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Rebuild drive start} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -PDRbld -Start -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]} -aN} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Rebuild drive stop} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -PDRbld -Stop -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]} -aN} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Rebuild drive progress} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -PDRbld -ShowProg -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]} -aN} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Clear drive start} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -PDClear -Start -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]} -aN} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) % Row 18 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Clear drive stop} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 1) % Row 19 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -PDClear -Stop -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]} -aN} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 1) % Row 20 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Clear drive progress} \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 1) % Row 21 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -PDClear -ShowProg -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]} -aN} \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 1) % Row 22 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Bad to good} \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 1) % Row 23 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -PDMakeGood -PhysDrv{[}E:S{]} -aN} \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Hot spare management}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Set global hot spare} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -PDHSP -Set -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]} -aN} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Remove hot spare} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -PDHSP -Rmv -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]} -aN} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Set dedicated hot spare} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MegaCli -PDHSP -Set -Dedicated -ArrayN,M,... -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]} -aN} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Walkthrough: Change/replace a drive}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{1. Set the drive offline, if it is not already offline due to an error \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 2) MegaCli -PDOffline -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]} -aN \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 1) 2. Mark the drive as missing \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 1) MegaCli -PDMarkMissing -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]} -aN \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1) 3. Prepare drive for removal \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 1) MegaCli -PDPrpRmv -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]} -aN \newline % Row Count 7 (+ 1) 4. Change/replace the drive \newline % Row Count 8 (+ 1) 5. If you're using hot spares then the replaced drive should become your new hot spare drive \newline % Row Count 10 (+ 2) MegaCli -PDHSP -Set -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]} -aN \newline % Row Count 11 (+ 1) 6. In case you're not working with hot spares, you must re-add the new drive to your RAID virtual drive and start the rebuilding \newline % Row Count 14 (+ 3) MegaCli -PdReplaceMissing -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]} -ArrayN -rowN -aN \newline % Row Count 16 (+ 2) MegaCli -PDRbld -Start -PhysDrv {[}E:S{]} -aN% Row Count 17 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Please Note}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{This emergency cheat sheet is not exhaustive, but it should be sufficient in most cases. \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 2) For a complete reference either call \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 1) MegaCli -h \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 1) or refer to the manual at: \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1) \seqsplit{http://www.lsi.com/files/docs/techdocs/storage\_stand\_prod/sas/mr\_sas\_sw\_ug.pdf} (Chapter 3 – MegaRAID Command Tool).% Row Count 8 (+ 3) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Credits}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{This content has been taken from \seqsplit{http://tools.rapidsoft.de/perc/perc-cheat-sheet.html} with sincere thanks to the author for distilling the information into a usable format. \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 4) The original author is: \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1) Moritz Mertinkat \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 1) moritz AT mertinkat DOT net% Row Count 7 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}