Drive Diagnostics

Overview of Drive Diagnostics

Beginning from release 4.2(2a), Drive Diagnostics feature supports running diagnostics on HDD/SSD and SAS/SATA drive types. This feature allows you to determine the device health by obtaining information from the device to determine usage, Operability, etc.

Cisco UCS Manager does not support on demand diagnostics. This feature checks the drive status automatically and provides a view only status. In case the self test fails, Cisco UCS Manager also raises a major fault.

Viewing the Status of the Drive Self-test

Procedure

Step 1

In the Navigation pane, click the Equipment tab.

Step 2

Expand Equipment > Rack Mounts > Servers > .

Note

 

For Cisco UCS C125 M5 Servers, expand Equipment > Rack Mounts > Enclosures > Rack Enclosure rack_enclosure_number > Servers.

Step 3

Choose the server that you want to check the drive status.

Step 4

In the Work pane, click the Inventory > Storage > Disks tabs.

The Storage Controller inventory appears.

Step 5

Click the Storage sub-tab.

Step 6

If the Drive State shows Self Test Failed, drive may become unusable resulting in loss of information. Cisco recommends to back up data and replace the drive.

Cisco UCS Manager raises a major fault to when dirve goes into Self Test Failed state. In Self Test Failed state, normal functions continue to work.