Storage System Audit

I have been asked to document all the storage systems on several
servers. I can see the model of the controllers and drives in device
manager, and Disk Management gives the drive partitions, but how do I
determine which physical drives are connected to which controller
without removing the cover (difficult for rack-mounted servers)?

Also, when multiple drives are configured into arrays, how do I
identify the number of drives in each array and the RAID type?

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I have been asked to document all the storage systems on several
servers. I can see the model of the controllers and drives in device
manager, and Disk Management gives the drive partitions, but how do I
determine which physical drives are connected to which controller
without removing the cover (difficult for rack-mounted servers)?

Also, when multiple drives are configured into arrays, how do I
identify the number of drives in each array and the RAID type?

I'm pretty sure Everest can do all that.

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I have been asked to document all the storage systems on several
servers. I can see the model of the controllers and drives in device
manager, and Disk Management gives the drive partitions, but how do I
determine which physical drives are connected to which controller
without removing the cover (difficult for rack-mounted servers)?

Hmm. Depends on the controllers. If it is not RAID, you can use
everest, smartctl or speedfan to get the drive models and serial
numbers. For RAID controllers you need to use the manufacterer tools.
But for RAID you should have documented this anyways, with pysical
locations, so as to not pull the wrong disk on a hot-swap replacement.

Also, when multiple drives are configured into arrays, how do I
identify the number of drives in each array and the RAID type?

See above. If somenody else is in charge of hot disk replacements,
ask them, they should have the info.

Arno
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