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How to identify the HDD type / Serialnr

Hi Community,

I would like to know if it is possible to identify which HDD I do access concretely:

In an esxi 5.5 scenario, I have 2 or 3 identical HDDs which cannot be distinguished by the Capacity (absolutely identical) and the identifier which is anounced by Configuration -> Storage. There I can see only identifiers like naa.5002455784d568d3, but where can I see the manufacturer, the model and - if available - the serial number of that device?

I would like to know which physical hdd concretely is assigned to my storage.  OK, I could shut down the esxi system and remove all hdds except one and find out the ID but can I identify the HDD also directly in the vsphere client?

Thanks for any hint!

Greetings

Tom

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DavoudTeimouri
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Hi friend,

Use this command in your ESXi :# esxcfg-scsidevs -l | egrep -i 'display name|vendor'

Also please check this KB:VMware KB: Confirming ESX/ESXi host hardware (System, Storage, and I/O) compatibility

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DavoudTeimouri
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Hi friend,

Use this command in your ESXi :# esxcfg-scsidevs -l | egrep -i 'display name|vendor'

Also please check this KB:VMware KB: Confirming ESX/ESXi host hardware (System, Storage, and I/O) compatibility

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Hi Davioud,

thanks a lot for your soon response!

When entering the command in the ssh shell, I'll get the wished result - that's smart command belonging to what I need here..

Would it be possible to get additionally the hard disks serial # by that command? (because I have 2 identical HDDs, I can distinguish them only by the SNR...)

Thx & Greetings

Tom

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DavoudTeimouri
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Hi Tom,

Try "fdisk" command: fdisk -l

You should see a result same as the below:

Disk /dev/disks/t10.ATA_____ST32000542AS________________________________________5XW205BS: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

For example: 5XW205BS is serial number.

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Hi,

I also have the same question.

When I run esxcfg-scsidevs -l , I only see the raid controller details. It does not show any disks underneath. I know I have 8 hdds of vendor "SEAGATE"

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Device Type: Direct-Access
Size: 1115136 MB
Display Name: Local DELL Disk (naa.6c81f660f18d100021b289ce0c3cf070)
Multipath Plugin: NMP
Console Device: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6c81f660f18d100021b289ce0c3cf070
Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6c81f660f18d100021b289ce0c3cf070
Vendor: DELL Model: PERC H710 Revis: 3.13
SCSI Level: 5 Is Pseudo: false Status: on
Is RDM Capable: true Is Removable: false
Is Local: true Is SSD: false
Other Names:
vml.02000000006c81f660f18d100021b289ce0c3cf070504552432048
VAAI Status: unsupported

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This is all I see. 

How can I see all the details of the disks like vendor, model, serial no, speed, interface etc...

I want to get information something  like 

                            Vendor: "SEAGATE",
                           "model": "SS9148857SS",
                           firmware": "YS0A",
                           size : "146 GB",
                           speed : "15000 rpm",
                           disk_inches: "2.5 inches",
                           serialNum: "6XXXXXX",
                           interface: "SAS",
                           smartCapable: "Available - device has SMART capability.",
                           smartEnabled: "Enabled"
                       
for all the actual disks not just raid controller.

Would really appreciate your response

Thanks

Dee

 

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