From: Carsten Aulbert <Carsten.Aulbert@aei.mpg.de>
To: Michael Munger <michael.munger@gmail.com>, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Which physical device failed?
Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 14:10:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5565B41B.8040104@aei.mpg.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5565B2BB.5090701@gmail.com>
Hi
On 05/27/2015 02:04 PM, Michael Munger wrote:
> Or, does the OS have access to serial numbers, etc...?
>
> I have to guide someone through a drive replacement on the phone, and it
> would be great if I could tell them exactly which drive to swap out...
If you have direct knowledge, which serial number is where, you could
use hdparm -I /dev/sdX or smartctl -a /dev/sdX against the still
reachable drives.
Possibly the easiest is to *read* data from the still reachable disks
and check which LED does not blink anymore - if you have LEDs for each
of the drives (dd if=/dev/sdX of=/dev/null).
Otherwise someone needs to look at the "open" hardware to find the
serial numbers.
Does this help?
cheers
Carsten
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-05-27 12:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-05-27 12:04 Which physical device failed? Michael Munger
2015-05-27 12:10 ` Carsten Aulbert [this message]
2015-05-27 12:27 ` Roman Mamedov
2015-05-27 13:16 ` Phil Turmel
2015-05-27 14:24 ` Michael Munger
2015-05-27 18:16 ` Wilson, Jonathan
2015-05-27 18:38 ` Phil Turmel
2015-05-28 9:03 ` Wilson, Jonathan
2015-05-27 17:48 ` Wols Lists
2015-05-27 18:02 ` Roman Mamedov
2015-05-27 18:19 ` Can Jeuleers
2015-05-27 18:38 ` Wols Lists
2015-05-27 18:41 ` Benjamin ESTRABAUD
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