2. Disk OperationsExpress5800/R320c-E4, R320c-M4 Maintenance Guide (VMware) 95Chapter 2 Configuring and Upgrading the System2.2 esxcli Command SyntaxThe esxcli command syntax used in this document is as follows.• To check the state of the diskesxcli -s <ESXi host IP address> storage mpm list• To isolate a disk from the RAID configurationesxcli -s <ESXi host IP address> storage mpm fail –v <Device name> -d <Kerneldevice name>• To remove a disk from the RAID configurationesxcli -s <ESXi host IP address> storage mpm remove –v <Device name> -d <Kerneldevice name>• To add a disk to the RAID configurationesxcli -s <ESXi host IP address> storage mpm add –v <Device name> -d <Kernel devicename>• To add disks (RAID configuration)esxcli -s <ESXi host IP address> storage mpm create –v <Device name> --disk1=<Kernel device name> --disk2=<Kernel device name>2.3 Confirm Hard Disk Drives statusTo confirm the disk status, use esxcli storage mpm list command.The following display is an example when esxcli storage mpm list command is run.Note The kernel device name is defined at the time when disk is detected. Accordingly, it issubject to be changed if the disk is relocated or the system is rebooted. You need toconfirm the current disk status by running the esxcli storage mpm list commandevery time you perform disk operation.# esxcli –s xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx storage mpm listInfo------------------------------------------------------mpm0 : 143066368 blocks (139713 MB) [2/2]\_ vmhba100500:C0:T0:L0 (10/40/1) [ in_sync ]\_ vmhba110500:C0:T0:L0 (11/40/1) [ in_sync ]
