Replacing A Hard Disk Drive; Determining A Failing Disk - NEC Express5800 Series Maintenance Manual

Chapter 2 Configuring and Upgrading the System
2.4

Replacing a hard disk drive

To replace a failing hard disk, follow the steps below. Replace a hard disk when the CPU/IO module 0 and 1
are powered on.

2.4.1 Determining a failing disk

This section provides information on how to determine a failing hard disk drive.
1. Run esxcli -s <ESXi host IP address> storage mpm list.
2. Check the failed disk form the displayed info.
The following is an example when a failure occurred on the internal disk stored in the slot 0 of PCI
module 1.
# esxcli –s xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx storage mpm list
Info
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mpm0 : 143066368 blocks (139713 MB) [2/2]
\_ vmhba100500:C0:T0:L0 (10/40/1)
\_ vmhba110500:C0:T0:L0 (11/40/1)
When you confirm the slot0 of PCI Module1 by "/opt/ft/bin/ftsmaint ls" command, it is displayed as
follows.
# cd /opt/ft/bin/
# ./ftsmaint ls 11/40/1
H/W Path
Description
State
Op State
Reason
・・・
・・・
96
Important
This must be operated by root user.
: 11/40/1
: Disk Drive
: BROKEN
: SHOT
: NONE
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2. Disk Operations