Show controllers configuration ssacli ctrl all show config Show detailed controllers information ssacli ctrl all show detail Show controllers status ssacli ctrl all show status Show available controllers ssacli ctrl all show Here are few examples of ssacli commands that you can use to diagnose and manage your HP Smart Storage Controller. Drives that are unassigned: allunassigned.Here is a list of all commands and their long and short names: There are four of them and we need to download and them all: wget -q -O - | apt-key add -įirst, we need to update available packages: apt updateĪnd then we can install the ssacli package: apt install ssacliĪll commands have a short name to reduce the length of the total input provided to the ssacli tool. Public keys are needed by apt to verify repository signatures, so we need to download and add them. To add HP's MCP repository to apt sources list use this command: echo "deb stretch/current non-free" > /etc/apt//hp-mcp.listĭownload and add public keys for the MCP repository NOTE: HP does not provide Buster repository for Debian 10/Proxmox 6.x, but we can still use Stretch repository even that it's targeted for Debian 9/Proxmox 5.x. Installation process of the ssacli package on Proxmox is the same as on any other Debian based system. Ssacli replaces older hpssacli, but shares the same syntax and adds support for newer servers and controllers. That means no host downtime when managing your storage.ĬLI is not as convenient as GUI interface provided by BIOS or desktop utilities, but still allows you to fully manage your controller, physical disks and logical drives on the fly with no Proxmox host downtime. You can use ssacli (smart storage administrator command line interface) tool to manage any of supported HP Smart Array Controllers in your Proxmox host without need to reboot your server to access Smart Storage Administrator in BIOS. HP Smart Storage Admin CLI ( ssacli) installation and usage on Proxmox PVE (6.x) Why use HP Smart Storage Admin CLI?
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