Enable-Physical Disk Identification

Module:
storage
Enables the identification LED on the specified physical disk.

Syntax 

Enable-PhysicalDiskIdentification
      [-FriendlyName] <String>
      [-CimSession <CimSession>]
      [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>]
      [-AsJob]
      [<CommonParameters>]
Enable-PhysicalDiskIdentification
      -UniqueId <String>
      [-CimSession <CimSession>]
      [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>]
      [-AsJob]
      [<CommonParameters>]
Enable-PhysicalDiskIdentification
      -InputObject <CimInstance[]>
      [-CimSession <CimSession>]
      [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>]
      [-AsJob]
      [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Enable-PhysicalDiskIdentification cmdlet enables the identification LED on the specified physical disk. The LED is typically used for visual identification of the location of a physical disk in an enclosure for removal and replacement operations. This cmdlet requires a storage enclosure that supports SCSI Enclosure Services (SES).

Examples

Example 1: Enable the identification LED on all physical disks in a pool 

PS C:\>$stpool = (Get-StoragePool -FriendlyName "SpacePool")
PS C:\> Enable-PhysicalDiskIndication -StoragePool $stpool

This example enables the identification LED on all physical disks associated with the storage pool named SpacePool. This is useful for identifying a specific virtual disk, when the LED on the disk in question is not functioning.

Example 2: Enable the identification LED on all physical disks used by a virtual disk 

PS C:\>$vdisk = (Get-VirtualDisk -FriendlyName "Bruce's Music")
PS C:\> Enable-PhysicalDiskIndication -VirtualDisk $vdisk

This example enables the identification LED on all physical disks associated with the virtual disk named Bruce's Music to visually identify the physical disk associated with the virtual disk.

Example 3: Enable the identification LED on all disks that are not healthy 

PS C:\>Get-PhysicalDisk | Where-Object -FilterScript { $_.HealthStatus -Ne "healthy" } | Enable-PhysicalDiskIndication

This example gets all physical disks with a health status that is not Healthy, and pipes the disks to the Enable-PhysicalDiskIndication cmdlet, enabling the LEDs on the disks, if supported by the drive enclosure.

Required Parameters

-FriendlyName

Specifies the friendly name of the disk on which to enable the identification LED.

Type: String
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False
-InputObject

Specifies the input object that is used in a pipeline command.

Type: CimInstance[]
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False
-UniqueId

Specifies an ID used to uniquely identify a Disk object in the system. The ID persists through restarts.

Type: String
Aliases: Id
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

Optional Parameters

-AsJob

Runs the cmdlet as a background job. Use this parameter to run commands that take a long time to complete.

Type: SwitchParameter
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-CimSession
Type: CimSession
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-ThrottleLimit
Type: Int32
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

Inputs

Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance#ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/Storage/MSFT_PhysicalDisk

You can pipe a Disk object to the InputObject parameter.

Outputs

Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance#ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/Storage/MSFT_PhysicalDisk

This cmdlet outputs an object that represents the physical disk for which you enabled the identification LED.

Notes

  • The Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance object is a wrapper class that displays Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) objects. The path after the pound sign (#) provides the namespace and class name for the underlying WMI object.