[OpenIndiana-discuss] identify drive

[Günther Alka]

hello Bob
sas2ircu can also switch the backplane alert led on/off

Gea

Am 17.04.2017 um 15:42 schrieb Bob Friesenhahn:
> On Mon, 17 Apr 2017, Günther Alka wrote:
>
>> For my napp-it appliance software, I use dd to identify a disk
>> based on activity and and the LSI tool sasircu to create a map
>> of storage bays with the inserted disks and their WWN numbers.
>
> I used the tedious dd approach recently.  It is best done in advance 
> of deployment when the system is idle.
>
> I found that 'cfgadm -al' (or something like 'cfgadm -al c17' once the 
> controller has been identified) is useful since it provides 
> identifying information which can be correlated with 'zpool status' 
> and 'iostat -Ei'.
>
> While replacing a failed drive on my 20 drive server, I realized that 
> it is wise to figure everything out in advance while everything is 
> working properly.
>
> Having to do this is really crummy.  It would be nice to have a way to 
> turn the location LED on for popular server platforms.
>
> Bob