Specifications

Appendix PCI RAID Card Command Reference 303
Note: For more information, see the megaraid man page. You can also use megaraid
commands with a [-log file ] parameter, which logs displayed information with the
date and time in the file you specify.
megaraid -showconfig [ld] [-log file ] Displays the RAID configuration of the
computer, including logical drive ID, RAID
level, size, status, and participating
physical drives. The logical drive status
can be
failed, degraded, or optimal.
You cannot access a failed logical drive or
recover data from it. You can access all
data on a degraded logical drive (without
a failure) even if attached physical drives
are not in good condition.
A degraded logical drive state does not
apply to RAID 0, because RAID 0 is not a
redundant array.
A logical drive reported to be in the
optimal state is in perfect condition.
megaraid -showdevices [-log file ] Displays drives connected to the PCI RAID
card. The command displays drive ID,
identification, size, status, and SMART
alerts. The status of a drive is reported as
online, failed, ready, hotspare, or
not responding.
megaraid -spare pd -create | -delete
[-log
file ]
Creates or deletes a global hot spare. You
can create hot spares from a pool of ready
drives.
After deletion, a hot spare drive becomes
a ready drive. The parameter
pd is the
physical drive ID.
Parameter Description