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Using the Command Line Utility

This chapter explains how to use the command line utility interactively or in batch mode. With interactive
mode, enter commands at the prompt. In batch mode, create scripts and run the script in the appropriate
shell, as described in the table below.
Table 1: ARCCONF Batch Environments
Environment
Windows
Linux/Unix
In either mode, if your command fails, you immediately see an error message of Command failed. Other
script messages that you can get are Command completed successfully, or Command aborted.
The return values for each command are the same:
0x00: SUCCESS
0x01: FAILURE - The requested command failed
0x02: ABORT - The command was aborted because parameters failed
validation
0x03: INVALID_ARGUMENTS - The arguments are incorrect. (Displays COMMAND
help)
To view a list of commands at the command line, type
To access the online help for a specific command, type

ARCCONF Commands

The following commands are available in ARCCONF. The commands are described on the following
pages, in alphabetical order.
Table 2: ARCCONF Commands
atapassword
copyback
create
datascrub
delete
driverupdate
failover
getconfig
getlogs
getperform
Note: In the command syntax descriptions, <> indicates a required parameter and []
indicates an optional parameter.
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Batch File
.bat
.sh
getsmartstats saveconfig
getstatus savesupportarchive
getversion setalarm
identify setcache
imageupdate setconfig
key setcontrollermode
modify setcustommode
playconfig setmaxcache
rescan setname
resetstatisticscounters setncq
romupdate setperform
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide
Run Script
CMD.EXE
sh / bash
and press
ARCCONF Enter
<command>, then press
ARCCONF
setpower
setpriority
setstate
setstatsdatacollection
setvmcredential
task
uninit
.
.
Enter
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