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hpacucli Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

hpacucli

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Abbrev­iations

ch   = chassisname
ld = logicaldrive
ctrl = controller 
pd = physicaldrive
dwc = drivewritecache

hpacucli utility

# hpacucli
# hpacucli help
Note: you can use the hpacucli command in a script

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

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
 

Physical Drive Commands / 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)

PD: Status

hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 pd all show status
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 pd 2:3 show status

PD: 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

Logical Drive Commands

# 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
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 create type=ld drives=1:13,1:14 size=300 raid=1

# logical drive - raid 5
hpacucli> ctrl slot=0 create type=ld drives=1:13,1:14,1:15,1:16,1:17 raid=5

Note:
drives - specific drives, all drives or unassigned drives
size - size of the logical drive in MB
raid - type of raid 0, 1 , 1+0 and 5