HP MSA 2040 CLI Reference Guide

show disks 223
show disks
Description Shows information about all disks or disk slots in the storage system. If no parameter is specified, the
command shows information for all installed disks.
NOTE: In console format, to aid reading, disks are sorted to display in order by enclosure and disk
number. In API formats, output is not sorted because it is expected to be manipulated by a host
application.
Syntax To show information about disks:
show disks
[
disks ]|[free]|[all]|[vdisk vdisk ]
[perf]|[fde]|[temp]
To show information about all disk slots:
show disks encl
Parameters disks
Optional. The IDs or serial numbers of disks about which to show information about. For disk syntax,
see "Command syntax" (page 20).
free
Optional. Shows information about all disks that are available.
all
Optional. Shows information about all installed disks.
vdisk
vdisk
Optional. Shows information for disks in the specified vdisk. For vdisk syntax, see "Command
syntax" (page 20).
perf
Optional. For all or specified disks, this parameter shows performance statistics from the latest
historical sample for each disk. Statistics shown include total I/Os (reads and writes), total amount of
data transferred, and average I/O response time.
fde
Optional. For all or specified disks, this option shows Full Disk Encryption information. Information
shown includes the FDE state and lock key ID.
temp
Optional. Shows the temperature for all installed disks.
encl
Optional. Shows information about each disk slot, whether it contains a disk or not. Do not specify
this parameter with other parameters; they will be ignored.
Output
Without the fde or encl parameter:
Location
Disk’s enclosure ID and slot number
Serial Number
Disk serial number
Vendor
Disk vendor
Rev
Firmware revision number