Dell PowerVault MD3060e, Storage MD1400 series Administrator's Manual
Dell Storage Enclosure
Administrator’s Guide
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2015 - 06
Rev. A00
Contents
1 Introduction...........................................................................................................6
Other information you may need.........................................................................................................6
2 About the Dell Storage enclosure......................................................................8
Dell PowerVault MD3060e................................................................................................................... 8
Front panel features and indicators................................................................................................8
Back-panel features and indicators................................................................................................9
Dell Storage MD1400 series..................................................................................................................9
Front panel features and indicators................................................................................................9
Back-panel features and indicators..............................................................................................10
Server Hardware Manager installation ...............................................................................................10
MPIO (Multipath I/O)..................................................................................................................... 10
Graphical installation......................................................................................................................11
Silent installation............................................................................................................................ 11
Uninstalling Server Hardware Manager...............................................................................................11
Command line interface................................................................................................................ 11
Windows Explorer..........................................................................................................................12
3 Storage enclosure command line interface...................................................13
Using the command line interface..................................................................................................... 13
Command syntax structure................................................................................................................ 14
Parameter glossary..............................................................................................................................14
Managing your storage enclosure......................................................................................................16
Identifying installed HBAs..............................................................................................................16
Identifying enclosures and EMMs................................................................................................. 16
Identifying drawers........................................................................................................................ 17
Identifying drives............................................................................................................................17
Updating drives..............................................................................................................................18
Update EMM firmware...................................................................................................................19
4 CLI reference.......................................................................................................20
Commands listed by type...................................................................................................................20
Drive commands.................................................................................................................................20
Blink drive...................................................................................................................................... 20
Drive power....................................................................................................................................21
List commands.................................................................................................................................... 22
List adapters...................................................................................................................................22
List physical enclosures.................................................................................................................22
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List drives....................................................................................................................................... 23
List EMMs....................................................................................................................................... 23
List drawers....................................................................................................................................24
List EMM slots................................................................................................................................ 25
List drive slots................................................................................................................................ 25
List fans..........................................................................................................................................26
List power supplies........................................................................................................................ 27
List temperature sensors...............................................................................................................27
List voltage sensors....................................................................................................................... 28
List current sensors....................................................................................................................... 29
List failed drives............................................................................................................................. 29
Informational commands...................................................................................................................30
Show adapter information............................................................................................................30
Show drive information................................................................................................................. 31
Show enclosure information........................................................................................................ 32
Show firmware file information.................................................................................................... 33
View event log .............................................................................................................................. 33
Update commands............................................................................................................................. 34
Update drive firmware...................................................................................................................34
Update EMM firmware.................................................................................................................. 35
Update Adapter............................................................................................................................. 36
Status Adapter................................................................................................................................37
Show Global Topology..................................................................................................................37
5 Server Hardware Manager Monitor.................................................................39
Local log file........................................................................................................................................ 39
Windows event log .............................................................................................................................39
SNMP................................................................................................................................................... 39
Critical events......................................................................................................................................40
6 The SHM ReST API..............................................................................................42
Accessing the ReST service................................................................................................................ 42
Device inventory................................................................................................................................. 43
Adapters.........................................................................................................................................44
Enclosures..................................................................................................................................... 44
EMMs............................................................................................................................................. 44
Drives............................................................................................................................................. 44
Drives slots.................................................................................................................................... 44
EMM slots...................................................................................................................................... 44
Drawers .........................................................................................................................................45
Fans................................................................................................................................................45
Power supply units........................................................................................................................ 45
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Voltage sensors............................................................................................................................. 45
Current sensors............................................................................................................................. 45
Device actions.....................................................................................................................................45
Specifying file paths...................................................................................................................... 45
Blink drive...................................................................................................................................... 46
Update firmware................................................................................................................................. 46
Validate firmware file.....................................................................................................................47
7 Getting help.........................................................................................................48
Contacting Dell................................................................................................................................... 48
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Introduction
CAUTION: See the Safety, Environmental, and Regulatory Information document for important
safety information before following any procedures listed in this document.
An enclosure containing physical disks accessed through EMMs (Enclosure Management Modules) is
called a storage enclosure. A storage enclosure includes various hardware components, such as physical
disks, EMMs, fans, and power supply units (PSUs).
One or more host servers attached to the storage enclosure can access the data on the storage
enclosure. You can also establish multiple physical paths between the hosts and the storage enclosure so
that loss of any single path (for example, through failure of a host server port) does not result in loss of
access to data on the storage enclosure.
The storage enclosure is managed by the Dell Storage PowerTools Server Hardware Manager (SHM)
software running on a host server. On the host server system, the management software and the storage
enclosure communicate management requests and event information by using in-band SAS connections.
Terminology
This document familiarizes you with the functions of the SHM software. The software is comprised of two
major components:
• Storage Enclosure CLI (secli) — This component provides a command line interface (CLI) used to
obtain device and status information of storage enclosure components. Also, the secli is used for
firmware update of Enclosure Management Modules (EMMs) and hard drives and solid-state drives
(SSDs) within the enclosure.
• Server Hardware Manager Monitor — This component runs continuously, monitoring and logging the
status of enclosure components, including EMMs, drives, PSUs, and fan modules.
The document is organized into two major sections. The first section of this document describes the CLI
commands required to perform certain common task within the storage enclosure. The second section is
a reference to all CLI commands ordered by type.
Other information you may need
WARNING: See the safety and regulatory information that shipped with your system. Warranty
information may be included within this document or as a separate document.
NOTE: All the documents, unless specified otherwise, are available at Dell.com/dsmsmanuals.
Before you begin, ensure that you have the following documentation:
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• For Dell Storage MD1400 series:
– The Dell Storage MD1400 and MD1400 Getting Started With Your System — Provides an overview
of setting up the MD1400 series storage.
– The Dell Storage MD1400 or MD1420 Enclosures Hardware Owner's Manual — Provides
information about system features and describes troubleshooting the system and installing or
replacing system components.
• For Dell PowerVault MD3060e series:
– Dell PowerVault MD3060e Storage Enclosure Owner's Manual — Provides information about
system features and describes troubleshooting the system and installing or replacing system
components.
– Setting Up Your Dell PowerVault MD3060e Storage Enclosure — Provides an overview of setting
up the Dell PowerVault MD3060e.
NOTE: Always check for updates at Dell.com/dsmsmanuals and read through the updates first
because they often supersede information in other documents.
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About the Dell Storage enclosure
This chapter describes the storage enclosure concepts, which help in configuring and operating the Dell
storage enclosures. The secli uses a number of terms to describe objects on which the software performs
actions.
NOTE: For detailed descriptions about the enclosure features, see the Owner's Manual for the
specific enclosure.
Dell PowerVault MD3060e
Front panel features and indicators
Figure 1. Front-panel features
1. drawers (5) 2. drawer release latches (2 per drawer)
3. physical disk slot numbering 4. drawer indicator LEDs
5. front-panel indicators
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Back-panel features and indicators
Figure 2. Back-panel features
1. Cooling Fans(2) 2. EMMs (2)
3. Power Supply Units (2)
Dell Storage MD1400 series
This section briefly describes the features of Dell Storage MD1400 series systems. For more information
about using the Dell Storage MD 1400 series products, see documentation available at Dell.com/
dsmsmanuals
.
Front panel features and indicators
Figure 3. Front panel features and Indicators—Dell Storage MD1400
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Figure 4. Front panel features and Indicators—Dell Storage MD1420
1. system identification button (blue) 2. power LED
3. enclosure status LED (blue and amber) 4. hard disk drives
5. enclosure (Drawer 0)
Back-panel features and indicators
Figure 5. Back-panel features and indicators
1. PSU or cooling fan module (PS1) 2. primary enclosure management module
(EMM 0)
3. secondary EMM (EMM 1) 4. information tag
5. power switches (2) 6. PSU or cooling fan module (PS2)
Server Hardware Manager installation
MPIO (Multipath I/O)
You must configure Windows MPIO for the SHM software to recognize the hardware. For more
information about MPIO configuration procedures, see the Dell Storage with Microsoft Storage Spaces
Best Practices available at Dell.com/dsmsmanuals.
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Graphical installation
1. Download the SHM software installation package from Dell.com/dsmsmanuals.
2. Go to the download directory of the installer.
3. Double-click the installation program — ServerHardwareManager-x.x.x.x-windows-installer.exe.
4. Complete the on-screen instructions and accept the End User License Agreement.
NOTE: Installation of the SNMP monitoring service is optional.
After successful installation, start an elevated command line interface (CLI), and then run the secli
commands at the CLI.
Silent installation
1. Download the SHM software installation package from Dell.com/dsmsmanuals.
2. Run appropriate commands at the CLI as an administrator.
NOTE: The CLI must be an administrator prompt for proper use of the CLI.
3. Go to the download directory of the extracted installer.
4. Run the installation program by running the command:
ServerHardwareManager-x.x.x.x-windows-installer.exe --mode unattended
or, modify options.installer and run with switch --options C:\path\to
\installer.options
for a non-default install.
This command installs the SHM software with all the default settings. The default installation
directory is C:\Program Files\Dell\ServerHardwareManagement.
5. Accept all End User License Agreements.
NOTE: There is no Windows console mode installation.
Uninstalling Server Hardware Manager
Command line interface
1. Run the CLI as an Administrator.
2. Go to the installation directory.
The default directory is C:\Program Files\Dell\ServerHardwareManager.
3. Run the uninstallation program, ServerHardwareManager_uninstall.exe. For silent
uninstallation: ServerHardwareManager_uninstall.exe --mode unattended
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Windows Explorer
1. To uninstall a software application, on the taskbar, click Start, click Control Panel, and then
click Programs and Features.
2. Click the program ServerHardwareManager.
3. Click Uninstall.
4. Complete the on-screen instructions to complete the uninstallation.
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Storage enclosure command line
interface
This guide is intended for system administrators, developers, and engineers who use the Storage
Enclosure Command Line Interface (secli) and its associated commands. For more information, see the
hardware and software manuals that shipped with the system.
NOTE: CLI commands do not have interactive warnings for destructive commands.
NOTE: Always check for updates at Dell.com/dsmsmanuals and read through the update first
because they often supersede the information in other documents.
The Storage Enclosure CLI is a software application that enables storage installers, developers, and
engineers to monitor and update storage enclosures and drives. Using the command line interface,
commands can be run from an operating system prompt, such as the Microsoft Windows command
prompt.
Use the secli to perform the following functions:
• Display status information about the objects in the system.
• Update storage device firmware (EMM, drives).
Using the command line interface
A CLI command consists of the following elements:
• Runable name — secli
• Command
• Path to the target
• Additional arguments
The following syntax is the general form of a CLI command:
secli command [path-to-target-object] {additional-arguments}
Where,
secli — invokes the command-line interface.
command — is the action the utility runs.
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path-to-target-object — is the list of arguments that defines the target object command applies to.
Command syntax structure
The commands for the Storage Enclosure CLI have a number of mandatory and optional input
parameters. Those parameters, in turn, can also have more than one valid attribute. However, each
parameter can accept only one valid value for each run. This section outlines the symbols used in the
syntax of each command in this document and the syntax layout in the secli help.
Table 1. Command syntax structure
Input Parameter Description
a|b Pipe symbol indicating alternative (“a” or “b”)
italicized-words Input value
[…] Optional input
<> Enclosed input value is required for parameter
Parameter glossary
Table 2. Parameter list
Parameter Name Description Valid Values
-a Represents target adapter SAS WWID or Adapter Index
-d Represents target drive WWN (worldwide name),
Enclosure Slot Index, Drawer
Slot Index, Serial Number, or
Drive OS Path.
-w Represents target enclosure drawer Drawer Index (0, 1, 2, 3, or 4)
-s Represents target enclosure slot Enclosure Slot Index
-startDate Target start date StartDate in the format of
MM/DD/YY
-endDate Target end date EndDate in the format of
MM/DD/YY
-event Type of event to view from the event log EventType (INFO, CRITICAL,
ERROR, WARN)
-count Number of events to view LatestEventCount numeric
value (1-1000)
-outputformat Format of output data from secli command SupportedOutputFormats (xml,
json)
-enc Represents target physical enclosure Enclosure Index or WWN
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Parameter Name Description Valid Values
-emm Represents target EMM WWN or EMM Index
-file Represents target firmware file for updating a
drive or EMM
Firmware update file location
and name
Table 3. Description of values for parameters
Description Valid for Parameter
Absolute Path to Firmware
File
Represents the absolute filepath to a valid
drive or EMM firmware file
Valid value for –file
parameter
Adapter Index
Represents the enumerated index value for
installed supported HBAs
Valid value for –a parameter
SAS WWID
Represents the device specific SAS WWID of
the installed supported HBAs
Valid value for -a parameter
Device ID
Enumerated reference value that represents
a target drive or EMM
Valid value for -d and -emm
parameters
Drawer Index
Represents reference value for logical
grouping of drives into drawers
Valid value for -w parameter
Encl Index (Enclosure
Index)
Represents reference value for enclosures
attached to a specified adapter
Valid value for -enc
parameter
WWN (Worldwide Name)
Represents unique value that identifies a
unique drive, EMM, or enclosure
Valid value for -d,-emm, and
–enc parameters
Enclosure Slot Index Reference value that represents a target
drive
Valid value for -d and -s
parameter
Drawer Slot Index Represents reference value for a drive slot in
a specified drawer
Valid value for -d parameter
EMM Index (Enclosure
Management Module
Index)
Represents the reference value for EMMs in
an specific enclosure
Valid value for -emm
parameter
StartDate Starting date to view logs in the format of
MM/DD/YY
Valid value for -startDate
EndDate End date to view logs in the format of
MM/DD/YY
Valid value for -endDate
EventType Type of event to view (INFO, CRITICAL,
ERROR, or WARN)
Valid value for -event
LatestEventCount Numeric value between 1–1000 Valid value for -count
SupportedOutputFormats Supported out file formats: xml and json Valid value for -
outputformat
Serial Number
Unique identifier for the physical disk drive.
Valid value for -d
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