Show MD/RAID device information (mdadm)ΒΆ

The mdadm command allows users to fetch information about various RAID devices, including types, sizes, constituent devices and their sizes, spare devices, etc.

Options provided by 'mdadm':

crash> mdadm -h
usage: mdadm [-h] [-m] [-d]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  -m, --mddev    show mdamd_crash_format
  -d, --details  show mdadm_-D_format

Without any options, "mdadm" behaves similar to "mdadm -m":

crash> mdadm

Device : /dev/md125
Raid Level :       Version : 0.90   metadata_type : imsm
Size : NA
mddev    ff34acae62e30000         md_personality  Not Available
gendisk  ff34aca1a5d8f000

flags :  0   sb_flags : 0  external : 1

disk0 : dev-nvme2n1    size: 0.00GB    md_rdev ff34acaf21e29000

===================================================================================

Device : /dev/md126
Raid Level : raid1      Version : 0.90   metadata_type : /md127/0
Array Size : 1831416.00MB  (1788.49GB)    Total Devices : 2
mddev    ff34aca50080a000         md_personality  ffffffffc09dc260
gendisk  ff34aca9205d5000

flags :  32   sb_flags : 0  external : 1

disk1 : dev-nvme0n1    size: 1788.49GB    md_rdev ff34aca380b99c00
disk0 : dev-nvme1n1    size: 1788.49GB    md_rdev ff34aca380b99000

===================================================================================

Device : /dev/md127
Raid Level :       Version : 0.90   metadata_type : imsm
Size : NA
mddev    ff34aca500976000         md_personality  Not Available
gendisk  ff34aca9205d0000

flags :  0   sb_flags : 0  external : 1

disk1 : dev-nvme0n1    size: 0.00GB    md_rdev ff34acab0020a400
disk0 : dev-nvme1n1    size: 0.00GB    md_rdev ff34aca7a0143400

===================================================================================

 ** Execution took   0.00s (real)   0.00s (CPU)


crash> mdadm -m

Device : /dev/md125
Raid Level :       Version : 0.90   metadata_type : imsm
Size : NA
mddev    ff34acae62e30000         md_personality  Not Available
gendisk  ff34aca1a5d8f000

flags :  0   sb_flags : 0  external : 1

disk0 : dev-nvme2n1    size: 0.00GB    md_rdev ff34acaf21e29000

===================================================================================

Device : /dev/md126
Raid Level : raid1      Version : 0.90   metadata_type : /md127/0
Array Size : 1831416.00MB  (1788.49GB)    Total Devices : 2
mddev    ff34aca50080a000         md_personality  ffffffffc09dc260
gendisk  ff34aca9205d5000

flags :  32   sb_flags : 0  external : 1

disk1 : dev-nvme0n1    size: 1788.49GB    md_rdev ff34aca380b99c00
disk0 : dev-nvme1n1    size: 1788.49GB    md_rdev ff34aca380b99000

===================================================================================

Device : /dev/md127
Raid Level :       Version : 0.90   metadata_type : imsm
Size : NA
mddev    ff34aca500976000         md_personality  Not Available
gendisk  ff34aca9205d0000

flags :  0   sb_flags : 0  external : 1

disk1 : dev-nvme0n1    size: 0.00GB    md_rdev ff34acab0020a400
disk0 : dev-nvme1n1    size: 0.00GB    md_rdev ff34aca7a0143400

===================================================================================

 ** Execution took   0.00s (real)   0.01s (CPU)
crash>

"mdadm -d" output resembles the 'mdadm -D' Linux command:

crash> mdadm -d
Device : /dev/md125
Version : 0.90       metadata_type : imsm
Creation Time : Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969
Raid Level :
Array Size : NA
RAID Devices : ['dev-nvme2n1']
Total Devices : 1
Persistence : NA
Update Time : Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969
Chunk Size : NA

Device              Number       RaidDevice
dev-nvme2n1             0  Spare/Faulty

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Device : /dev/md126
Version : 0.90       metadata_type : /md127/0
Creation Time : Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969
Raid Level : raid1
Array Size : 1831416.00MB  (1788.49GB)
RAID Devices : ['dev-nvme0n1', 'dev-nvme1n1']
Total Devices : 2
Persistence : NA
Update Time : Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969
Chunk Size : 64.0K

Device              Number       RaidDevice
dev-nvme0n1             1               0
dev-nvme1n1             0               1

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Device : /dev/md127
Version : 0.90       metadata_type : imsm
Creation Time : Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969
Raid Level :
Array Size : NA
RAID Devices : ['dev-nvme0n1', 'dev-nvme1n1']
Total Devices : 2
Persistence : NA
Update Time : Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969
Chunk Size : NA

Device              Number       RaidDevice
dev-nvme0n1             1  Spare/Faulty
dev-nvme1n1             0  Spare/Faulty

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 ** Execution took   0.00s (real)   0.00s (CPU)
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