Downloading StorCLI

1. Go to the RAID controller card page at BROADCOM website.
2. On the DOWNLOADS tab page, click Management Software and Tools.

   The list of management software and tools is displayed.

3. Download StorCLI of the latest version.
4. Decompress the downloaded package to obtain the tool packages for different OSs.

Installing StorCLI

The StorCLI installation method varies depending on the OS type. The following part uses Windows, Linux, and VMware as examples to describe the StorCLI installation procedure. For the installation procedures for other OSs, see the Readme file in the software package.

The StorCLI tool that matches the RAID controller card is StorCLI64.

• Installing StorCLI in Windows
  1. Upload the tool package applicable to the Windows to a directory (such as C:\tmp) on the server.
  2. In the Run box, enter cmd and press Enter to open the Command Prompt.
  3. Run the cd Directory where the tool package is stored command, such as cd C:\tmp.

     For Windows, StorCLI does not require installation. You can directly run RAID controller card management commands.

• Installing StorCLI in Linux
  1. Use a file transfer tool (such as PuTTY) to upload the package applicable to Linux to a directory (such as the /tmp directory) on the server OS.
  2. On the Linux CLI, run the rpm -ivh /tmp/StorCLIxxx.rpm command to install the StorCLI tool.

     The StorCLI installation directory is /opt/MegaRAID/storcli/. You need to access the directory and run RAID card commands.

     When the installation is complete, you can run RAID controller card management commands.

• Installing StorCLI in VMware
  1. Use a file transfer tool (such as PuTTY) to upload the package applicable to VMware to a directory (such as the /tmp directory) on the server OS.
  2. On the VMware CLI, run the esxcli software vib install -v=/tmp/vmware-xxx-storcli.vib --no-sig-check command to install the StorCLI tool. /tmp/vmware-xxx-storcli.vib is the complete path of the StorCLI tool file.

     The StorCLI installation directory is /opt/lsi/storcli/. You need to access the directory and run RAID card commands.