Dell – PERC/LSI MegaCLI – How to install

Step 1: Seems like LSI was taken over by another company. Finding it was a bit harder, but here is the latest version of the software. (as at 14 October 2015)

Step 2: Copy the file to an appropriate location on your Linux machine. In this case, we will use /var/tmp/

Step 3: Execute the following commands (in the exact order)

# Log in as 'root' user or use 'sudo' to execute the following commands
[root@rhel_host ~] cd /var/tmp
[root@rhel_host tmp] unzip 8-07-14_MegaCLI.zip
[root@rhel_host tmp] cd Linux
[root@rhel_host Linux] rpm -Uvh MegaCli-8.07.14-1.noarch.rpm
....wait for installer to finish....
[root@rhel_host Linux] alias MegaCli="/opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64"

Step 4: Make the alias command, above, permanent

# Navigate to your home directory
[root@rhel_host MegaCLI_Linux] cd ~
# Open your .bashrc file and add the following line
[root@rhel_host ~] vim .bashrc
 
alias MegaCli='/opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64'

Step 5: Test the install. As an example, let’s list all the logical volumes in the machine (output may differ based on configuration.

[root@rhel_host MegaCLI_Linux] MegaCli -LDInfo -Lall -aALL
Adapter 0 -- Virtual Drive Information:
Virtual Drive: 0 (Target Id: 0)
Name                :Virtual Disk 0
RAID Level          : Primary-5, Secondary-0, RAID Level Qualifier-3
Size                : 1.088 TB
Sector Size         : 512
Parity Size         : 278.875 GB
State               : Optimal
Strip Size          : 64 KB
Number Of Drives    : 5
Span Depth          : 1
Default Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAdaptive, Direct, No Write Cache if Bad BBU
Current Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAdaptive, Direct, No Write Cache if Bad BBU
Default Access Policy: Read/Write
Current Access Policy: Read/Write
Disk Cache Policy   : Enabled
Encryption Type     : None
Bad Blocks Exist: No
Is VD Cached: Yes
Cache Cade Type : Read Only
 
 
Virtual Drive: 1 (Target Id: 1)
Name                :JBOD
RAID Level          : Primary-0, Secondary-0, RAID Level Qualifier-0
Size                : 278.875 GB
Sector Size         : 512
Parity Size         : 0
State               : Optimal
Strip Size          : 64 KB
Number Of Drives    : 1
Span Depth          : 1
Default Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAdaptive, Direct, No Write Cache if Bad BBU
Current Cache Policy: WriteBack, ReadAdaptive, Direct, No Write Cache if Bad BBU
Default Access Policy: Read/Write
Current Access Policy: Read/Write
Disk Cache Policy   : Disk's Default
Encryption Type     : None
Bad Blocks Exist: No
Is VD Cached: Yes
Cache Cade Type : Read Only
 
 
 
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