How to verify RAID card vendor via command under Linux?

Purpose: 

The article will guide you on how to identify the vendor of RAID card. In this article, we use the MicroSemi RAID card as example. You can use arcconf CLI commands to get information.  

Target Audience: 

People who have basic knowledge of Linux, RAID and how to run CLI command in a Linux shell.

Requirement:

Environment with available MicroSemi RAID card and please download arcconf utility from MicroSemi web site: (Please follow the SLA from MicroSemi)

Adaptec - Adaptec Driver: Adaptec ARCCONF Command Line Utility v3.03.23668 Download Detail (microsemi.com)

Step: 

1. Reboot the server and check the option ROM and make sure the it's a MicroSemi RAID card. Please press CTRL-A to enter the option ROM if you are using the legacy mode:

2. After CTRL-A, you will see the following menu: 

2. Going to the Linux OS and check the RAID card type in the Linux shell command mode:

# lspci | grep -i sas
3b:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Adaptec Smart Storage PQI 12G SAS/PCIe 3 (rev 01)


# lspci -v -s 3b:00.0 | grep -i raid
Subsystem: Adaptec SmartRAID 3154-8i

3. Download the utility of arcconf_vX_XX_XXXX.zip. Copy and unzip it into Linux.

4. Switch to folder to the of the location of arcconf:

4.A Change to the path of arcconf (For example: /root/linux_x64) 
# cd /root/linux_x64

4.B Make sue the arcconf is existing
# ls
arcconf

4.C Change the mode as executable
# chmod +x ./arcconf

5. Check controller ID

# ./arcconf list
Controllers found: 1
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Controller information
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Controller ID: Status, Slot, Mode, Name, SerialNumber, WWN
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Controller 1:: Optimal, Slot 5, Mixed, ADV Adaptec ROC-8i, Unknown, 50123456789ABC00

Command completed successfully.

6. Get Logical drive status

# ./arcconf getconfig 1 ar
Controllers found: 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Information
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Array Number 0
Name: A
Status: Ok
Interface: SATA SSD
Total Size: 488396 MB
Unused Size: 7 MB
Block Size: 512 Bytes
Array Utilization: 100.00% Used, 0.00% Unused
Type: Data
Transformation Status: Not Applicable
Spare Rebuild Mode: Dedicated
SSD I/O Bypass: Enabled
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Array Logical Device Information
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Logical 0: Optimal (1, Data, 244162 MB) sam168
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Array Physical Device Information
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Device 8: Present (244198MB, SATA, SSD, Connector:CN0, Enclosure:1, Slot:0) 203129C5E668
Device 9: Present (244198MB, SATA, SSD, Connector:CN0, Enclosure:1, Slot:1) 203129C5E732

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