How do I identify my RAID controller?

Identifying Hardware RAID Controllers How to check which hardware RAID controller is built into your server: Open the Control Panel. Click Hardware > Devices and Printers > Device Manager. In the Memory Controller section, check which controller is installed in the server.

How can I tell if hardware RAID is configured Linux?

Use the lspci command to check if your system has physical RAID controller or not, in most cases physical servers use to have hardware raid controller. The below output shows the raid controller is present on the system, which doesn’t mean that we have already configured RAID on the server.

What model is my RAID controller Linux?

You typically can find the controller or chipset information via dmesg, dmidecode, lspci, and other similar utilities. If it’s built-in RAID on the motherboard knowing the make and model of the motherboard will get you 99% of the way there.

How to check RAID configuration in Linux?

Check RAID configuration in Linux The /proc/mdstat is a special file that stores essential information about all presently active RAID devices. Type the following cat command :

How to check if my RAID controller is real or fake?

To verify if your RAID controller is an on-board solution you need to check you motherboard specification. To find you motherboard model use lshw or dmidecode. To check which controllers contain our motherboard we should check its specification. So it really contains on-board RAID controllers so it’s a fake RAID.

How to check if RAID controller is on-board or off-board?

One important thing about on-board RAID is HDDs mapped via /dev/mapper/chipsetName_randomName. So you can always check them out with these files. To verify if your RAID controller is an on-board solution you need to check you motherboard specification. To find you motherboard model use lshw or dmidecode.

How to find out the raid type and model using lspci?

lshw and lspci are commands that we will be using to get the needed RAID information. Now let’s find out the RAID type using lspci command. In my case, it displays the RAID controller type and model exactly as I needed: lshw can be used to get more information about Raid type and configuration, use this command: