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Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User’s Guide...
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Contents Getting Started with the Command Line Utility Installing the Command Line Utility..............9 Installing on Windows.................. 9 Installing on Red Hat, SuSE, or Fedora Linux ..........9 Installing on Debian or Ubuntu Linux............9 Installing on OpenServer and UnixWare ..........10 Installing on Solaris ..................
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Getting Started with the Command Line Utility In this chapter... Installing the Command Line Utility ..................9 Starting the Command Line Utility ..................12 ™ ® This chapter explains how your Adaptec by PMC RAID controllers support the use of the ARCCONF command line utility.
Chapter 1: Getting Started with the Command Line Utility ● Installing the Command Line Utility The ARCCONF command line utility is provided on the Adaptec RAID Controller Installation DVD. The utility is automatically installed in the same directory as Adaptec Storage Manager and must remain there.
Chapter 1: Getting Started with the Command Line Utility ● Change to the Debian manager directory: cd /mnt/cdrom/ASMCD/debian_x86_64/manager Install the .deb package: dpkg -i storman_6.50-15653_amd64.deb (for 64-bit systems) Unmount the RAID Controller Installation DVD: umount /mnt/cdrom Installing on OpenServer and UnixWare...
ESX Server 3.5: cd /mnt/cdrom/ASMCD/linux/manager ESX Server 4.x: cd /mnt/cdrom/ASMCD/linux_64/manager Extract the Linux Adaptec Storage Manager RPM package and install it: rpm --install --nodeps ./StorMan*.rpm Note: Ignore the message "Application can be started by typing /usr/StorMan/ StorMan.sh". VMware does not support the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI.
Chapter 1: Getting Started with the Command Line Utility ● Starting the Command Line Utility To start , enter one of the following commands: ARCCONF Windows— ● <install_dir>\arcconf.exe Linux— ● /usr/<install_dir>/arcconf UnixWare/OpenServer— ● /opt/RaidMan/arcconf Solaris— ● /usr/StorMan/arcconf FreeBSD— ● /<install_dir>/arcconf VMware—...
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In this chapter... ARCCONF Commands ......................14 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. For example:...
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● Example ARCCONF COPYBACK 1 ON arcconf create Creates a new logical drive or JBOD. You must provide the channel and device ID of the physical devices. On redundant logical drives, ARCCONF performs autosynchronization.
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● RAID# indicates the RAID level for the new logical drive. 0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, 50, 6, 60, and volume are supported. Channel# Drive# lists the space-delimited channel number and device number pairs for each device to add to the logical drive.
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● LogicalDrive|JBOD ALL deletes all logical drives or JBODs. Noprompt is an optional parameter that suppresses alert messages. Examples ARCCONF DELETE 1 LOGICALDRIVE 1 2 3 ARCCONF DELETE 1 JBOD ALL arcconf driverupdate Updates Windows device drivers.
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● Physical device state ● Number of Solid State Disks (SSDs) assigned to MaxIQ pool, maximum number of SSDs ● that can be assigned to MaxIQ pool Enclosure information: fan, power supply, and temperature status ●...
ARCCONF GETLOGS 1 STATS Tabular arcconf getsmartstats Displays SMART statistics for the hard drives and Solid State Drives (SSDs) on a controller. Note: For more information about SMART statistics, see the Adaptec Storage Manager User’s Guide. Syntax ARCCONF GETSMARTSTATS <Controller#> [Tabular] Parameters Controller# is the controller number.
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● Syntax ARCCONF GETVERSION (use this for information on all controllers) ARCCONF GETVERSION <Controller#> (use this for information on a specific controller) Parameters Controller# is the controller number Example ARCCONF GETVERSION arcconf identify Identifies a physical or logical device by blinking its LEDs.
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 7-(SAS) Download microcode with offsets, save, and activate ● Noprompt is an optional parameter that suppresses alert messages. Example ARCCONF IMAGEUPDATE 1 DEVICE 0 83 16384 ados.lod 3 arcconf key Loads a feature key onto an Adaptec controller.
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● Channel# is the channel number for the device. Drive# is the device_ID (device number) for the device. Noprompt is an optional parameter that overrides the user prompt. Examples ARCCONF MODIFY 1 FROM 2 TO 2048 0 0 123 0 124 0 117...
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● arcconf rescan Enables the controller to check for the removal of any disk drives in the ready state and to check for the connection of any new disk drives to the controller. The command returns when the rescan is complete.
ARCCONF SAVECONFIG server1_config.xml C:\LOGS\SERVER1.LOG arcconf savesupportarchive Saves configuration and status information to help Adaptec Customer Support diagnose a problem with your system. Saved information includes (but is not limited to) device logs, drive logs, event logs, error logs, controller logs, and SSD SMART statistics. (For more information...
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● Example ARCCONF SAVESUPPORTARCHIVE arcconf setalarm Sets the state of the controller audible alarm, if present. Syntax ARCCONF SETALARM <Controller#> <on|off|silence|test> Parameters Controller# is the controller number On enables the alarm Off disables the alarm...
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● arcconf setconfig Resets the controller's configuration. Logical drives are deleted, hard disks are reset to the READY state, and any controller settings are reset to default values. Syntax ARCCONF SETCONFIG <Controller#> DEFAULT [noprompt]...
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● arcconf setname Renames a logical drive. Syntax ARCCONF SETNAME <Controller#> LOGICALDRIVE <LogicalDrive#> <New Name> Parameters Controller# is the controller number LogicalDrive# is the number of the logical drive to be renamed New Name is the new name of the logical drive...
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● Parameters Controller# is the controller number. Stayawake sets the stayawake period for the disk drives on the controller. During the stayawake period, the disk drives always operate at their peak spin rate.
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● Task ID is the number of the task to be changed. Use arcconf getstatus to obtain the task ID. Omit this parameter to set the controller’s global background task priority; that is, the execution priority for all tasks on the controller.
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● arcconf setstatsdatacollection Enables or disables statistics collection for a controller. To display the statistics, use the arcconf getlogs command (see page 18). Syntax ARCCONF SETSTATSDATACOLLECTION <Controller#> Enable|Disable Parameters Controller# is the controller number.
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