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Claude 889c38c143 Add staggered drive spin-up script and systemd unit
12x 3.5" HDDs spinning up simultaneously can spike ~240W, pushing a single
750W PSU close to its limit. Two-layer fix:
- Layer 1: racadm iDRAC BIOS setting (HddSeq) fires at POST before OS loads
- Layer 2: stagger-spinup.service wakes drives one at a time via hdparm on boot

https://claude.ai/code/session_01TxTSnxDjgEVuNztdsWQjMD
2026-04-24 01:04:02 +00:00

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Stagger hard drive spin-up on Dell R730xd to avoid PSU current surge at boot.
#
# 12 x 3.5" HDDs spinning up simultaneously can spike ~240W for 2-3 seconds.
# Staggering them 2-3 seconds apart keeps the surge well within PSU limits.
#
# TWO layers of protection:
# 1. iDRAC BIOS setting — fires at POST, before the OS loads (preferred)
# 2. Linux systemd service — staggers drives that weren't spun up at POST
#
# SETUP
# ─────
# Layer 1 (iDRAC, run once):
# bash stagger-spinup.sh --idrac
# # Requires racadm and iDRAC network access, then reboot to apply.
#
# Layer 2 (Linux service, run once):
# cp stagger-spinup.sh /usr/local/sbin/stagger-spinup.sh
# chmod +x /usr/local/sbin/stagger-spinup.sh
# Install the systemd unit below, then:
# systemctl daemon-reload && systemctl enable stagger-spinup.service
set -euo pipefail
STAGGER_SECONDS=3 # delay between each drive spin-up
HDPARM=$(command -v hdparm || true)
# ── iDRAC BIOS method (Layer 1) ───────────────────────────────────────────────
configure_idrac() {
if ! command -v racadm &>/dev/null; then
echo "racadm not found."
echo "Option A: Run from iDRAC SSH:"
echo " ssh root@<idrac-ip>"
echo " racadm set BIOS.StorageSettings.HddSeq Enabled"
echo " racadm jobqueue create BIOS.Setup.1-1"
echo " # Then reboot to apply."
echo ""
echo "Option B: iDRAC web UI:"
echo " System BIOS → Power Management → Hard Disk Drive Sequencing → Enabled"
echo " Apply and reboot."
return 0
fi
echo "Enabling iDRAC hard disk drive sequencing (staggered spin-up)..."
racadm set BIOS.StorageSettings.HddSeq Enabled
racadm jobqueue create BIOS.Setup.1-1
echo "Job queued. Reboot for the BIOS setting to take effect."
echo "Verify after reboot with: racadm get BIOS.StorageSettings.HddSeq"
}
# ── Linux spin-up stagger (Layer 2) ──────────────────────────────────────────
# Called by the systemd service early in boot.
# Reads each block device in sequence with a short delay, causing drives in
# standby to spin up one at a time rather than simultaneously.
stagger_linux() {
if [[ -z "$HDPARM" ]]; then
echo "hdparm not found — apt install hdparm"
exit 1
fi
mapfile -t drives < <(lsblk -dn -o NAME,TYPE | awk '$2=="disk"{print "/dev/"$1}' | sort)
if [[ ${#drives[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
echo "No block devices found."
exit 0
fi
echo "$(date): Staggering spin-up for ${#drives[@]} drives (${STAGGER_SECONDS}s apart)..."
for dev in "${drives[@]}"; do
# Skip if device is already active (check power mode)
state=$($HDPARM -C "$dev" 2>/dev/null | grep -oP '(?<=drive state is: )\S+' || echo "unknown")
if [[ "$state" == "standby" || "$state" == "sleeping" ]]; then
echo "$(date): Waking $dev (was: $state)"
# A zero-length read is enough to trigger spin-up
dd if="$dev" of=/dev/null bs=512 count=1 status=none 2>/dev/null || true
sleep "$STAGGER_SECONDS"
else
echo "$(date): $dev already active (state: $state) — skipping"
fi
done
echo "$(date): Stagger complete."
}
# ── Argument dispatch ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
case "${1:-}" in
--idrac)
configure_idrac
;;
--linux|"")
stagger_linux
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 [--idrac | --linux]"
echo " --idrac Configure iDRAC BIOS staggered spin-up (one-time setup)"
echo " --linux Stagger drives via hdparm now (run by systemd service)"
exit 1
;;
esac