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Disable-PhysicalDiskIndication



This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Disable-PhysicalDiskIndication', in PowerShell version 5 - as retrieved from Windows version 'Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.

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SYNOPSIS

Turns off the identification LED on the specified physical disk.

SYNTAX


Disable-PhysicalDiskIndication [-FriendlyName] <String[]> [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-PassThru] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
Disable-PhysicalDiskIndication [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-PassThru] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] -InputObject <CimInstance[]> [-Confirm] [-WhatIf]
[<CommonParameters>]
Disable-PhysicalDiskIndication [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-PassThru] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] -UniqueId <String[]> [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]



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DESCRIPTION


The Disable-PhysicalDiskIndication cmdlet turns off 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).



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RELATED LINKS

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Enable-PhysicalDiskIndication
Get-StoragePool
Get-VirtualDisk

REMARKS

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Examples


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

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



This example assigns the storage pool named SpacePool to the $stpool variable, and then uses this cmdlet to disable the identification LED on all disks in the storage pool
referenced by the $stpool variable, SpacePool.




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

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



This example assign the virtual disk named Bruce’s Music to the $vdisk variable, and then uses this cmdlet to disable the identification LED on the virtual disk referenced
by the $vdisk variable,