Identifying Disk Model

[dsstao]

Hi, we have an older system (that we're migrating off of, but still is in production at the moment) running ESX 4.0.0 build 171294.  Today during routine checks, a predictive drive failure was noticed in one of the bays.  I have googled it, but can't seem to find a way to identify the specific make/model of the failing device, which is in a RAID array managed by a Perc controller.  Anyone have any ideas?

[schepp]

Hi,

the ESX server probably can only see the logical RAID volume.

I think the best chance would be to check if you can see the infos with the remote management board of the server.

[zXi_Gamer]

If it is a LSI adapter, then you can use the storelib binary to identify the failed disks in esx 4.0

[SatyS]

you can use dmesg for the same

-SatyS

[King_Robert]

Use the command esxcli storage core path list -d <device>.

The command esxcli storage core device list generates a list of LUNs currently connected to the ESXi host.

The output appears similar to:
mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0   Display Name: Local VMware Disk (mpx.vmhba2:C0:T0:L0)
   Has Settable Display Name: false
   Size: 286070
   Device Type: Direct-Access
   Multipath Plugin: NMP
   Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba2:C0:T0:L0   Vendor: VMware
   Model: Block device
   Revision: 1.0
   SCSI Level: 2
   Is Pseudo: false
   Status: on
   Is RDM Capable: false
   Is Local: true
   Is Removable: false
   Is SSD: false
   Is Offline: false
   Is Perennially Reserved: false
   Thin Provisioning Status: unknown
   Attached Filters:
   VAAI Status: unsupported
   Other UIDs: vml.0000000000766d686261323a303a30