Using powervault commands to view enclosure and hard drive information on Dell ME4 series storage arrays

Products

• Security Analytics

Issue/Introduction

If you need to look up the enclosure information including the service tags of the storage arrays connected to the Security Analytics server, you can do so by opening an SSH session directly to the storage array and running a few powervault commands. 

Environment

Dell ME 4
Dell VA084
Dell VA012

Resolution

First, make sure SSH access is enabled on the storage array:

1. Log in to the Storage Manager GUI.
2. Select the System tab in the left column.
3. Select Services
4. Confirm SSH is enabled for CLI access
   
   

Connect to the storage array via SSH:

1. Use the same credentials you use to connect to the Storage Manager GUI.
   
   e.g.  ssh user1@storage_ip_address
   
   
2. Once logged in, to list the enclosures along with their ID's and service tag numbers, run the following:
   
   show enclosures
   
   
3. To show a list of all the hard drives along with their slots and serial numbers, run the following:
   
   show disks
   
   The enclosure ID and slot number are listed in the "Location" column in the format of enclosure_ID:slot_number.  Serial number, Vendor, firmware revision and disk size are also listed in the table.
   
   

Some other useful commands to show information from the CLI.  All of these commands are passive and do not make any permanent changes on the storage arrays.

 

Command	Description
show shutdown-status	list controller status and whether it's up or down
show system	list system information, vendor and product info
show users	list user names and roles
show versions detail	list controller firmware information
show volumes	list logical volumes, their name, size, and their health status
show sensor-status	list all items actively monitored by various sensors including temperature
show controller-date	list current date and time
show ntp-status	list current ntp information
show disk-groups	list disk groups including size and raid information
show ipv6-network-parameters	list IPv6 management port details
show power-supplies	list the PSUs and their status
show fans	list all fans, their status and rotation speeds
show network-parameters	list all IPv4 information on the management ports
show event logs yes	list the current event logs (warning, this listing will be very long)

 

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