Adaptec RAID 2810SA User manual

Adaptec Serial ATA RAID

2810SA Command Line

Interface

Software Reference Guide

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Contents

1 Getting Started

Audience 1-2

Supported Platforms 1-2

How to Use this Manual 1-2

Organization 1-3

Conventions 1-3

Related Documentation 1-4

2 Accessing the Command Line Interface

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

Accessing the CLI from the Windows Start Button 2-2

Accessing the CLI from the NetWare Server Console 2-3

Accessing the CLI from the Linux/UNIX Prompt 2-3

3 Syntax and Conventions for CLI Commands

CLI Features 3-1

CLI Command Syntax 3-2

Class 3-3

Action 3-3

Object 3-3

Switch 3-3

Value 3-4

Parameter 3-4

Blank Space 3-4

CLI Parameter and Switch Value Types 3-4

boolean 3-5

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integer 3-5

string 3-6

scsi_device 3-7

free_space 3-8

container 3-9

CLI Status Information 3-10

The Stat and Task Items 3-10

The Func Item 3-11

The Ctr and State Items 3-12

4 General Control Commands

close 4-2

Syntax 4-2

exit 4-2

Syntax 4-2

help, ? 4-2

Syntax 4-2

Parameters 4-2

Switches 4-2

history_size 4-3

Command Availability 4-3

Syntax 4-3

Parameters 4-3

open 4-3

Syntax 4-3

Parameters 4-3

Switches 4-4

reset_window 4-5

Command Availability 4-5

Syntax 4-5

toggle_more 4-5

Command Availability 4-5

Syntax 4-5

5 container Commands

container add_level 5-3

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Syntax 5-3

Parameters 5-3

Examples 5-3

Related Information 5-4

container create mirror 5-5

Syntax 5-5

Parameters 5-5

Switches 5-6

Examples 5-6

Related Information 5-8

container create mmirror 5-9

Notes 5-9

Syntax 5-9

Parameters 5-9

Switches 5-10

Examples 5-11

Related Information 5-12

container create mstripe 5-14

Notes 5-14

Syntax 5-14

Parameters 5-15

Switches 5-15

Examples 5-16

Related Information 5-18

container create mvolume 5-19

Notes 5-19

Syntax 5-19

Parameters 5-19

Switches 5-20

Examples 5-20

Related Information 5-23

container create raid5 5-24

Notes 5-24

Syntax 5-24

Parameters 5-24

Switches 5-25

Examples 5-27

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Related Information 5-29

container create stripe 5-30

Notes 5-30

Syntax 5-30

Parameters 5-30

Switches 5-31

Examples 5-32

Related Information 5-34

container create volume 5-35

Notes 5-35

Syntax 5-35

Parameters 5-35

Switches 5-36

Examples 5-37

Related Information 5-38

container delete 5-40

Notes 5-40

Syntax 5-40

Parameters 5-40

Switches 5-40

Examples 5-41

Related Information 5-42

container extend file_system 5-43

Notes 5-43

Command And Switch Availability 5-44

Syntax 5-44

Parameters 5-44

Examples 5-44

Related Information 5-45

container extend mvolume 5-46

Command And Switch Availability 5-46

Syntax 5-46

Parameters 5-46

Examples 5-47

Related Information 5-49

container extend volume 5-50

Command And Switch Availability 5-50

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Syntax 5-50

Parameters 5-50

Examples 5-51

Related Information 5-53

container list 5-54

Syntax 5-54

Parameters 5-54

Switches 5-54

Examples 5-55

Related Information 5-64

container lock 5-65

Syntax 5-65

Parameters 5-65

Examples 5-65

Related Information 5-66

container move 5-67

Notes 5-67

Syntax 5-67

Parameters 5-67

Examples 5-68

Related Information 5-68

container promote 5-69

Notes 5-69

Syntax 5-69

Parameters 5-69

Examples 5-70

Related Information 5-71

container readonly 5-72

Syntax 5-72

Parameters 5-72

Examples 5-72

Related Information 5-73

container readwrite 5-74

Syntax 5-74

Parameters 5-74

Examples 5-74

Related Information 5-75

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container reconfigure 5-76

Notes 5-77

Syntax 5-77

Parameters 5-78

Switches 5-78

Examples 5-81

Related Information 5-82

container release_cache 5-83

Syntax 5-83

Parameters 5-83

Examples 5-83

Related Information 5-83

container remove drive_letter 5-84

Command Availability 5-84

Syntax 5-84

Parameters 5-84

Examples 5-84

Related Information 5-85

container remove failover 5-86

Syntax 5-86

Parameters 5-86

Examples 5-87

Related Information 5-87

container remove file_system 5-88

Command Availability 5-88

Syntax 5-88

Parameters 5-88

Examples 5-88

Related Information 5-89

container remove global_failover 5-90

Syntax 5-90

Parameters 5-90

Examples 5-90

Related Information 5-91

container restore RAID5 5-92

Syntax 5-92

Parameters 5-92

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Examples 5-92

Related Information 5-93

container scrub 5-94

Syntax 5-94

Parameters 5-94

Switches 5-94

Examples 5-95

Related Information 5-96

container set cache 5-97

Notes 5-97

Syntax 5-97

Parameters 5-98

Switches 5-98

Examples 5-98

Related Information 5-99

container set failover 5-100

Syntax 5-100

Parameters 5-100

Examples 5-100

Related Information 5-101

container set global_failover 5-102

Syntax 5-102

Parameters 5-102

Examples 5-102

Related Information 5-103

container set io_delay 5-104

Syntax 5-104

Parameters 5-104

Examples 5-105

Related Information 5-106

container set label 5-107

Syntax 5-107

Parameters 5-107

Examples 5-107

Related Information 5-108

container show cache 5-109

Syntax 5-109

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Parameters 5-109

Examples 5-109

Related Information 5-110

container show failover 5-112

Syntax 5-112

Parameters 5-112

Examples 5-112

Related Information 5-112

container split 5-113

Syntax 5-113

Parameters 5-114

Examples 5-114

Related Information 5-116

container unlock 5-117

Syntax 5-117

Parameters 5-117

Examples 5-117

Related Information 5-118

container unmirror 5-119

Syntax 5-119

Parameters 5-119

Examples 5-119

Related Information 5-120

6 controller Commands

controller details 6-2

Syntax 6-2

Examples 6-2

Related Information 6-5

controller firmware compare 6-6

Syntax 6-6

Switches 6-6

Examples 6-6

Related Information: 6-6

controller firmware save 6-7

Syntax 6-7

Switches 6-7

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