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
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
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
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
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.
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"
_________________________________
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
_____________________________________
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
Would really appreciate your response
Thanks
Dee