Adaptec AAR-2020SA User manual

Command Line Interface

Reference Guide

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Contents

1 Introduction

Audience 1-1

Accessing the CLI 1-2

Accessing the CLI from the MS-DOS Prompt 1-2

Accessing the CLI in Windows 1-2

Accessing CLI in Linux and UNIX 1-2

Accessing CLI in NetWare 1-3

Terminology 1-3

Conventions 1-4

Command Syntax 1-5

Class 1-5

Action 1-6

Object 1-6

Switch 1-6

Value 1-6

Parameter 1-7

Blank Space 1-7

Parameter and Switch Value Types 1-7

Boolean 1-7

integer 1-8

string 1-9

scsi_device 1-10

free_space 1-11

container 1-12

Status Information 1-13

The Stat and Task Items 1-13

The Func Item 1-13

The Ctr and State Items 1-14

Contents

2 General Control Commands

close 2-2

exit 2-3

help, ? 2-4

history_size 2-5

open 2-6

reset_window 2-8

toggle_more 2-9

3 container Commands

container add_level 3-3

container create mirror 3-5

container create mmirror 3-8

container create mstripe 3-12

container create mvolume 3-17

container create raid5 3-21

container create stripe 3-27

container create volume 3-32

container delete 3-37

container extend file_system 3-40

container extend mvolume 3-43

container extend volume 3-47

container list 3-50

container lock 3-59

container move 3-61

container promote 3-63

container readonly 3-66

container readwrite 3-68

container reconfigure 3-70

container release_cache 3-77

container remove drive_letter 3-78

container remove failover 3-80

container remove file_system 3-82

container remove global_failover 3-84

container restore RAID5 3-86

container scrub 3-88

container set cache 3-91

Contents

container set failover 3-95

container set global_failover 3-97

container set io_delay 3-99

container set label 3-101

container show cache 3-103

container show failover 3-108

container split 3-109

container unlock 3-112

container unmirror 3-114

4 controller Commands

controller details 4-2

controller firmware compare 4-6

controller firmware save 4-7

controller firmware update 4-9

controller list 4-10

controller pause_io 4-12

controller rescan 4-14

controller reset_scsi_channel 4-15

controller resume_io 4-16

controller set automatic_failover 4-17

controller set array_verify 4-19

controller show automatic_failover 4-21

controller show channels 4-22

controller show array_verify 4-25

5 disk Commands

disk blink 5-2

disk initialize 5-3

disk list 5-5

disk remove dead_partitions 5-10

disk set default 5-11

disk set smart 5-13

disk show default 5-16

disk show defects 5-17

disk show partition 5-19

disk show smart 5-22

Contents

disk show space 5-26

disk verify 5-29

disk zero 5-31

6 diagnostic Commands

diagnostic clear boot_parameters 6-2

diagnostic dump structures 6-3

diagnostic dump text 6-4

diagnostic load_arrays 6-6

diagnostic moderation set count 6-7

diagnostic moderation set timer 6-8

diagnostic moderation show count 6-9

diagnostic moderation show timer 6-10

diagnostic set boot_parameter 6-11

diagnostic show boot_parameter 6-12

diagnostic show history 6-13

7 logfile Commands

logfile end 7-2

logfile start 7-3

8 task Commands

task list 8-2

task resume 8-8

task stop 8-10

task suspend 8-12

9 enclosure Commands

enclosure activate slot 9-2

enclosure identify slot 9-4

enclosure list 9-6

enclosure prepare slot 9-11

enclosure set alarm 9-13

enclosure set door 9-14

enclosure set fan 9-15

enclosure set interval 9-17

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Contents

enclosure set power 9-19

enclosure set scsiid 9-21

enclosure set temperature 9-24

enclosure show fan 9-26

enclosure show power 9-29

enclosure show slot 9-32

enclosure show status 9-36

enclosure show temperature 9-41

A Automated Scripts

Creating an Automated Script A-1

1-1

Introduction

In this Chapter

The CLI provides a command line alternative to Adaptec Storage

Manager. Through the CLI, you perform most of the storage

management tasks that you can perform with the Adaptec Storage

Manager GUI and, in addition, some tasks not available in Storage

Manager. With CLI, you can also use the CLI commands in DOS

command scripts and UNIX shell scripts.

Audience

This Reference Guide is for system administrators and experienced

users who are familiar with drive configuration and who have a

general understanding of the operating systems they are using.

This guide also assumes you are familiar with RAID concepts.

Audience 1-1

Accessing the CLI 1-2

Terminology 1-3

Conventions 1-4

Command Syntax 1-5

Parameter and Switch Value Types 1-7

Status Information 1-13

1-2

Introduction

Accessing the CLI

This section discusses accessing the CLI in various operating

systems.

Accessing the CLI from the MS-DOS Prompt

To access the CLI from the MS-DOS prompt, move to the directory

containing the afacli executable and then type afacli, as in the

following example:

C:\>cd Program Files\Adaptec_SCSI_RAID\AAC

C:\Program Files\Adaptec_SCSI_RAID\AAC>afacli

Accessing the CLI in Windows

This section discusses the various methods for accessing the CLI in

Windows.

Note: The following procedure assumes that you

accepted the default location for the software during

installation.

To access the CLI:

1Click the Start button and move the mouse cursor to Programs.

Click on Programs.

2Move the mouse cursor to SMBE. The Adaptec program group

will display.

3Move the mouse cursor to the CLI icon. Click on CLI.

Accessing CLI in Linux and UNIX

To access the CLI from the UNIX/Linux prompt, display a window

and type aaccli in any directory. When the system displays the

CLI> prompt, you can use CLI commands.

For the commands to work in any directory, the path in the startup

file (.login or .cshrc) must include the directory where the

software is installed. See your UNIX/Linux documentation for

information on setting up directory paths in the .login and

.cshrc files.

1-3

Introduction

Accessing CLI in NetWare

To access the CLI from the NetWare server console, type aaccli at

the prompt. When the system displays the CLI> prompt, which

indicates that you can now use CLI commands.

Terminology

This section discusses terminology used in this Appendix.

Adaptec 2410SA/2810SA Controllers Only

In the device ID format

C:ID:L

■C represents Channel, which is always zero.

■ID represents Port ID, or Port number, on the SATA RAID

controller. This is the only value that is used.

■L represents LUN, which is always zero.

Note: Only the value for Port ID is used.

Adaptec 21610SA Controllers Only

In the device ID format

C:ID:L

■C represents Channel.

■ID represents Port ID. (For mapping, see below.)

■L represents LUN, which is always zero.

Your Serial ATA adapter maps Port IDs as follows:

■Controller ports 0 through 7 are mapped to IDs 0 through 7 on

Channel 0

■Controller ports 8 through 15 are mapped to IDs 0 through 7 on

Channel 1

For example, port 5 is 0:5:0; port 12 is 1:4:0.

All Controllers

The following terms are used in discussing the CLI:

■Array, container—A logical disk created from available space

and made up of one or more partitions on one or more physical

disks.

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