Chapter 5: Megaraid Command Tool; Product Overview - Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 Software User's Manual

MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide
Chapter 5
MegaRAID Command Tool
The MegaRAID Command Tool (CT) is a command line interface (CLI) application for
SAS. You can use this utility to configure, monitor, and maintain MegaRAID SAS RAID
controllers and the devices connected to them.
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NOTE: The CT supports only MegaRAID controllers that support SAS and SATA II. It does
not support other types of MegaRAID controllers, such as U320, SATA I, or IDE.
NOTE: The IA-64 release for Windows is similar to the 32-bit release, so you can follow
the 32-bit instructions. 32-bit applications that were validated on an x64 system, such as
the Intel Market system, can use the 32-bit instructions, also.
The MegaCLI Configuration Utility is a command line interface application you can use
to manage MegaRAID SAS RAID controllers. You can use MegaCLI Configuration Utility
to perform the following tasks:

Configure MegaRAID SAS RAID controllers and attached devices
 Display information about virtual drives and drives for the controller and other
storage components
 Display ongoing progress for operations on drives and virtual drives
 Change properties for the virtual drives and drives for the controller and other
storage components
 Set, retrieve, and verify controller default settings
 Change the firmware on the controllers
 Monitor the RAID storage systems
 Support RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60 (depending on the RAID controller)
 Create and use scripts with the scriptable CLI tool
 Configure drive into groups and virtual drives on the controller
 Display configuration information for the controller, drives, and virtual drives

Change virtual drive properties on the controller
 Change drive properties on the controller
 Display controller properties
 Load configuration to the controller from a file
 Save the controller configuration to a file
 Start or stop a rebuild, consistency check (CC), or initialization operation
 Enable or disable a background initialization (BGI)

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