SANtricity 11.8 Commands ( CA08871-194 ~ 196 )

Show volume group

The show volumeGroup command returns information about a volume group.

Supported Series

This command applies to any individual storage system, including the HB2100/HB2200/HB2300, HB5100/HB5200, AB6100 and AB3100 series, as long as all SMcli packages are installed.

Roles

To execute this command on an HB2100/HB2200/HB2300, HB5100/HB5200, AB6100, or AB3100 storage system, you must have the Storage Admin or Storage Monitor role.

Context

This command returns this information about a volume group:

  • The status (such as Optimal, Degraded, Failed, Missing)

  • The capacity

  • The current owner (the controller in slot A or the controller in slot B )

  • The RAID level

  • The drive media type (HDD or SSD)

  • The drive interface type (Fibre Channel, iSCSI, InfiniBand, SAS)

  • Tray loss protection (yes or no)

  • Secure capable - indicates whether the volume group is composed of all secure-capable drives. Secure-capable drives can be either FDE drives or FIPS drives.

  • Secure - Indicates whether the volume group has drive security turned on (this is called secure enabled).

  • The associated volumes and free capacity

  • The associated drives

  • Data Assurance capabilities and presence of Data Assurance enabled volumes

  • Resource provisioning capabilities

Syntax

show volumeGroup [volumeGroupName]

Parameter

Parameter Description

volumeGroup

The name of the volume group for which you want to show information. Enclose the volume group name in square brackets ([ ]).

Notes

This command returns volume group information as shown in this example:

Name:              SecureGroup

      Status:         Optimal
      Capacity:       120.000 GB
      Current owner: Controller in slot A

      Quality of Service (QoS) Attributes

         RAID level:                  5
         Drive media type:            Hard Disk Drive
         Drive interface type:        SAS
         Shelf loss protection:       No
         Secure Capable:              Yes
         Secure:                      No
         Data Assurance (DA) capable: Yes
         DA enabled volume present:   No
         Resource-provisioned:           Yes


      Total Volumes:          1
         Standard volumes:    1
         Repository volumes:  0
         Free Capacity:       110.000 GB

      Associated drives - present (in piece order)
      Total drives present: 5

         Tray     Slot
         99       1
         99       2
         99       3
         99       4
         99       5
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