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51 Dell EMC Solutions for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI Networking Guide

10.10 Storage validation commands

10.10.1 Get-PhysicalDisk

The Get-PhysicalDisk cmdlet is run to verify disk health, size, and media type on a Ready Node.

The command output before the cluster is created shows only the local drives, and appears as follows on

each of the Ready Nodes used in this example:

PS> Get-PhysicalDisk

FriendlyName Media CanPool OpStatus HealthStatus Usage Size

------------ ----- ------- -------- ------------ ----- ----

ATA ST4000NM0 HDD True OK Healthy Auto-Select 3.64 TB

ATA MZ7KM960H SSD True OK Healthy Auto-Select 894.25 GB

ATA ST4000NM0 HDD True OK Healthy Auto-Select 3.64 TB

DELLBOSS VD Unspe False OK Healthy Auto-Select 223.51 GB

ATA ST4000NM0 HDD True OK Healthy Auto-Select 3.64 TB

ATA MZ7KM960H SSD True OK Healthy Auto-Select 894.25 GB

The command output after the cluster is created and S2D is enabled shows all drives in the storage pool, and

appears as follows on each of the Ready Nodes used in this example:

PS> Get-PhysicalDisk

FriendlyName Media CanPool OpStatus HealthStatus Usage Size

------------ ----- ------- -------- ------------ ----- ----

DELLBOSS VD Unspe False OK Healthy Auto-Select 223.51 GB