Navisphere Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference - VMware Communities

Basic CommandsgetdiskGets disk statusDescriptionThe naviseccli or navicli getdisk command returns detailed statusinformation about all or selected disks in the system.A disk module can be in any of the following operational states:StateBindingEmptyEnabledEqualizingExpandingFailedFormattingOffPowering UpReadyRebuildingMeaningBeing bound into a LUN.Failed or removed before the agent started running, or thedisk wasn’t part of a LUN.Either a hot spare on standby or part of a bound LUN that isassigned to (owned by) the SP you are using as thecommunication channel to the chassis. If the storage systemhas another SP, this module’s status is Ready when you usethe other SP as the communication channel to the chassis.Data from a hot spare is being copied onto a replacementdisk module.Disk is being added to a RAID group.Powered down or inaccessible.Being hardware formatted. Generally, modules do not needformatting.Powered off by the SP, which can happen if a wrong sizemodule is inserted.Power is being applied to the disk module.Module is part of a broken LUN or a LUN that is bound andunassigned. This can mean that the disk module is part of aLUN that is not owned by the SP that you are using as thecommunication channel to the chassis. If the disk module ispart of a LUN assigned to an SP other than the one you areusing as the communication chassis, the module’s status iseither Enabled or Ready. It is Enabled when you use theother SP as the communication channel to the chassis.Module is either a hot spare or replacement disk module thatreplaced a failed module in a LUN. The data is being rebuilton a hot spare or a replacement disk module.167