Table of Contents Dell Perc H700/H710/H730/H730p RAID controller Configuration of the PERC H700/710 Debian Wheezy Ubuntu Check the status of PERC H700 Check the status of the disks Dell Perc H700/H710/H730/H730p RAID controller Configuration of the PERC H700/710 Debian Wheezy Ubuntu Check the status of PERC H700 Check the status of the disks Dell Perc H700/H710/H730/H730p RAID controller Configuration of the PERC H700/710 We recommend to use the packages from the following site: HWraid. Below you'll find how to use it on your distribution. Debian Wheezy echo "deb http://hwraid.le-vert.net/debian wheezy main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list apt-get update && apt-get install -y megaclisas-status Ubuntu echo "deb http://hwraid.le-vert.net/ubuntu xenial main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list apt-get update && apt-get install -y megaclisas-status Check the status of PERC H700 To list details of your controller Dell PERC H700, use the command: megaclisas-status You will see the information about your controller: -- Controller informations -- -- ID | Model c0 | PERC H710 -- Arrays informations -- -- ID | Type | Size | Status | InProgress c0u0 | RAID0 | 2728G | Optimal | None c0u1 | RAID0 | 2728G | Optimal | None -- Disks informations -- ID | Model | Status c0u0p0 | SEAGATE ST3000NM0023 GS0FZ1Y25K8M | Online, Spun Up c0u1p0 | SEAGATE ST3000NM0023 GS0FZ1Y25L0X | Online, Spun Up Check the status of the disks You need to run the following code in your SSH access: DEVICE=/dev/sda for i in $(megacli -pdlist -a0 | grep Id | cut -d":" -f2); do echo "============================== $i ==============================" smartctl -s on -a -d megaraid,${i} ${DEVICE} -T permissive done Please note that you'll need to replace /dev/sda with the correct disk that represents your Logical Volume, if you have multiple of them.