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- Page 1 Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide CDP-00284-01-A Rev. A Issue: July 15, 2013...
- Page 2 Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Copyright © PMC-Sierra, Inc. All rights reserved. The information in this document is proprietary and confidential to PMC-Sierra, Inc. In any event, no part of this document may be reproduced or redistributed in any form without the express written consent of PMC-Sierra, Inc.
- Page 3 Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Revision History Issue Issue Date Details of Change 1.03 July 15, 2013 Adaptec Firmware/BIOS/Drivers/Utilities Version 1.03 Proprietary and Confidential to PMC-Sierra, Inc. Document No.: CDP-00284-01-A Rev. A, Issue:...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Contents Adaptec by PMC Product Support..........................7 Software License Agreement............................9 1 Getting Started with the Command Line Utility....................12 Installing the Command Line Utility......................12 Installing on Windows........................12 Installing on Red Hat, Cent OS, SuSE, or Fedora Linux..............13 Installing on Debian or Ubuntu Linux....................13... - Page 5 Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide arcconf uninit...............................45 Proprietary and Confidential to PMC-Sierra, Inc. Document No.: CDP-00284-01-A Rev. A, Issue:...
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Page 6: List Of Tables
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide List of Tables Table 1: ARCCONF Batch Environments ......................17 Table 2: ARCCONF Commands ...........................17 Proprietary and Confidential to PMC-Sierra, Inc. Document No.: CDP-00284-01-A Rev. A, Issue:... -
Page 7: Adaptec By Pmc Product Support
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Adaptec by PMC Product Support If you have questions about installing or using your Adaptec by PMC product, check this document first—you will find answers to most of your questions. If you need further assistance, use the support options listed below. - Page 8 Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Information Technique et d'assistance en Français • Visitez notre site Web à l'adresse www.adaptec.com/fr-fr. • Rechercher dans le base de connaissances Adaptec (ASK) ask-fr.adaptec.com pour des articles, conseils de dépannage et les questions fréquemment posées pour votre produit.
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Page 9: Software License Agreement
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Software License Agreement PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE IS SUBJECT TO THE SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS OF PMC-SIERRA, INC. AND OTHER LICENSORS WHOSE SOFTWARE MAY BE BUNDLED WITH THIS PRODUCT. - Page 10 Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide 7. Limited Warranty. PMC-Sierra and its Licensor warrant only that the media upon which the Software is furnished will be free from defects in material or workmanship under normal use and service for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of delivery to you.
- Page 11 Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Sunnyvale, CA 94089 (408) 239-8000 Proprietary and Confidential to PMC-Sierra, Inc. Document No.: CDP-00284-01-A Rev. A, Issue:...
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Page 12: Getting Started With The Command Line Utility
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Getting Started with the Command Line Utility This chapter explains how your Adaptec® by PMC™ RAID controllers support the use of the ARCCONF command line utility. This utility allows you to: • Create and delete logical drives •... -
Page 13: Installing On Red Hat, Cent Os, Suse, Or Fedora Linux
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Installing on Red Hat, Cent OS, SuSE, or Fedora Linux To install ARCCONF on Red Hat, Cent OS, SuSE, or Fedora Linux: 1. Insert the Adaptec Installation DVD. The Installation DVD mounts automatically. If it doesn't, mount it manually. -
Page 14: Installing On Freebsd
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide mount -F hsfs -o ro/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s2/mnt 2. Install the maxView Storage Manager package: pkgadd -d/<mount point>/maxview/solaris_x86/manager/StorMan.pkg 3. At the prompt to continue, select , then press Enter 4. Enter the following configuration details: Enter your username [default: root]. -
Page 15: Installing On Vmware Esxi 5.X
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide When the package is removed, you receive the message "The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective." 8. Reboot the system. 9. Stop operations. -
Page 16: Installing On A Vmware Guest Os
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide esxcli software vib install --maintenance-mode --no-sig-check -v /tmp/vmware-esx-provider-arcsmis.vib When the package is installed, you receive the message "Reboot Required: false." 11. Reboot the system. 12. Continue the installation with Installing on a VMware Guest OS on page 16. -
Page 17: Using The Command Line Utility
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide 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. -
Page 18: Arcconf Atapassword
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide arcconf atapassword Description Sets or clears the Secure Erase password for SATA drives. See arcconf task for more information about Secure Erase. Syntax ARCCONF ATAPASSWORD <Controller#> SET <new password> <Channel# ID#> ... -
Page 19: Arcconf Copyback
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Examples ARCCONF CONSISTENCYCHECK 1 PERIOD 30 ARCCONF CONSISTENCYCHECK 1 OFF arcconf copyback Description Enables or disables the copyback feature, which attempts to keep drives in the original slot order after rebuilds. Syntax ARCCONF COPYBACK <Controller#>... - Page 20 Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Logical Drive Logical Drive indicates the logical drive stripe size with the following options: • Stripesize <STRIPE>—Allows the logical drive stripe size to be built. Optional parameters for specifying a stripe size. STRIPE is specified in kilobytes 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512 and 1024 are supported. The default is 256KB.
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Page 21: Arcconf Delete
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Logical drive numbers for two or more logical drives to be concatenated into the RAID volume. Noprompt No prompt for confirmation Examples ARCCONF CREATE 1 LOGICALDRIVE STRIPESIZE 64 MAX 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 NOPROMPT... -
Page 22: Arcconf Expanderlist
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Syntax ARCCONF DRIVERUPDATE <DirName> Parameters Driverupdate <DirName> Directory path containing the driver that you want to update. Examples ARCCONF DRIVERUPDATE C:\WINDOWSALL arcconf expanderlist Description Returns a list of disk drive expanders on a controller. -
Page 23: Arcconf Failover
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide arcconf failover Description Turns automatic failover on and off. Syntax ARCCONF FAILOVER <Controller#> <on|off> Parameters Controller# The controller number. Turns the controller failover mode on. Turns the controller failover mode off. Examples... -
Page 24: Arcconf Getlogs
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide AD/LD/PD/AL • AD—Adapter information only • LD—Logical drive information only • PD—Physical device information only • MC—maxCache information only • AL—All information (optional) Examples ARCCONF GETCONFIG 1 AD arcconf getlogs Description Provides access to controller status and event logs and usage statistics, including: •... -
Page 25: Arcconf Getperform
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Examples ARCCONF GETLOGS 1 DEVICE ARCCONF GETLOGS 1 STATS Tabular arcconf getperform Description Fetches the parameters that define a logical drive performance mode. Default is the current mode. Syntax ARCCONF GETPERFORM <Controller#> [Performance Mode] [Save [Filename]] [Nologs]... -
Page 26: Arcconf Getstatus
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Parameters Controller# Controller number. Tabular Creates output in tabular format. Examples ARCCONF GETSMARTSTATS 1 ARCCONF GETSMARTSTATS 1 TABULAR arcconf getstatus Description The GETSTATUS function displays the status of any background command that is currently running, including information about the most recent rebuild, synchronization, logical-drive migration, and compaction/expansion. -
Page 27: Arcconf Identify
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Syntax ARCCONF GETVERSION (use this for information on all controllers) ARCCONF GETVERSION <Controller#> (use this for information on a specific controller) Parameters Controller# Controller# is the controller number Examples ARCCONF GETVERSION arcconf identify Description Identifies a physical or logical device by blinking its LEDs. - Page 28 Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Parameters Controller# Controller number. Channel# Channel number of the device to be updated. Device number of the device to be updated. ChunkSize# Chunk size, in bytes, to be used to update the firmware.
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Page 29: Arcconf Key
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Examples ARCCONF IMAGEUPDATE 1 DEVICE 0 83 16384 ados.lod 3 arcconf key Description Loads a feature key onto an Adaptec controller. Syntax ARCCONF KEY <Controller#> SET <Key#> Parameters Controller# The controller number. -
Page 30: Arcconf Phyerrorlog
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Indicates that the modifications will follow Options: • Stripesize—indicates the stripe size in KB. Options are 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, and 1024. the default is 256KB. • init_priority—is the priority level of the modification. Options are low, med, and high. -
Page 31: Arcconf Playconfig
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Examples ARCCONF PHYERRORLOG 1 DEVICE 0 0 ARCCONF PHYERRORLOG 1 EXPANDER 1 ALL arcconf playconfig Description Note: This command is supported on Windows systems only. Configures a controller using a XML server template file produced by the SAVECONFIG command (see arcconf saveconfig on page 33). -
Page 32: Arcconf Rescan
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Examples ARCCONF PLAYCONFIG server1_config.xml playconfig.log FORCE ALL arcconf rescan Description 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. Controller rescan runs in the background, asynchronously. -
Page 33: Arcconf Saveconfig
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Note: 1. This function is only supported in Windows and Linux. 2. Be sure to copy the *.UFI update files from the DVD and not from the BIOS/Firmware update diskettes. Syntax ARCCONF ROMUPDATE <Controller#> <BaseName> [Newversion <build#> [Force]]... -
Page 34: Arcconf Savesupportarchive
Description 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 about SMART statistics, see... -
Page 35: Arcconf Setcache
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Parameters Controller# The controller number Enables the alarm Disables the alarm Silence Quiets the currently sounding alarm Test Triggers the alarm Examples ARCCONF SETALARM 1 TEST ARCCONF SETALARM 1 SILENCE arcconf setcache Description Changes a logical drive’s cache mode. -
Page 36: Arcconf Setconfig
• Auto Volume Mode—All RAID functions of the controller are enabled. Attached drives without Adaptec meta-data, but with an OS partition, are surfaced to the host operating system as RAW Pass Through devices (similar to JBODs on legacy Adaptec controllers), where the RAID layer of the controller firmware is bypassed when the host issues commands to the device . -
Page 37: Arcconf Setmaxcache
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide changing to HBA mode (see arcconf uninit on page 45). Uninitialized drives are also compatible with any HBA or can be exchanged with drives on the motherboard's SATA interface. Note: In HBA Mode, a hot-plugged new drive is automatically configured as a Raw... - Page 38 Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide General Usage ARCCONF SETMAXCACHE <Controller#> <ADDTOPOOL|REMOVEFROMPOOL> <Channel# Device#> ARCCONF SETMAXCACHE <Controller#> RWBALANCE <Read#> <Write#> ARCCONF SETMAXCACHE <Controller#> FLUSHANDFETCHRATE <FlushAndFetchRate#> ARCCONF SETMAXCACHE <Controller#> CLEAR Parameters Controller# The controller number. LogicalDrive# The number of the logical drive. You can specify one or more logical drives.
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Page 39: Arcconf Setname
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Examples ARCCONF SETMAXCACHE 1 LOGICALDRIVE 1 READCACHE ENABLE ARCCONF SETMAXCACHE 1 LOGICALDRIVE 1 WRITECACHE ENABLE WRITEPOLICY WT ARCCONF SETMAXCACHE 1 DIRTYPAGETHRESHOLD 50 ARCCONF SETMAXCACHE 1 ADDTOPOOL 0 1 ARCCONF SETMAXCACHE 1 REMOVEFROMPOOL 0 1 0 2... -
Page 40: Arcconf Setncq
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Examples ARCCONF SETNAME 1 LOGICALDRIVE 1 BACKUP_A arcconf setncq Description Changes the controller’s Native Command Queuing (NCQ) setting to enabled or disabled. This setting affects the SATA disk drives on the controller. It takes effect when the SATA drives are restarted. -
Page 41: Arcconf Setpower
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Examples ARCCONF SETPERFORM 1 2 ARCCONF SETPERFORM 1 3 arcconf setpower Description Changes power management settings for disk drives on a controller or logical drive. Syntax ARCCONF SETPOWER <Controller#> Stayawake DISABLE| <startime> <endtime>... -
Page 42: Arcconf Setpriority
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Note: For the Slowdown, Poweroff, and Verify timers, st# must be less than pt#, and pt# must be less than vt#. You can set one or more timers, in any order, in a single command. -
Page 43: Arcconf Setstatsdatacollection
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Parameters Controller# The controller number Channel# The channel number for the drive. Device# Device number for the device. Logical drive number. State • HSP—Create a hot spare from a ready drive • RDY—Remove a hot spare designation •... -
Page 44: Arcconf Setvmcredential
Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Examples ARCCONF SETSTATSDATACOLLECTION 1 ENABLE arcconf setvmcredential Description Resets the Hypervisor login credentials for VMware Guest OSs. Syntax SETVMCREDENTIAL <Esxip> <Esxcimomport> <Esxuserid> <Esxpassword> [noprompt] Parameters Esxip Hypervisor IP address. Esxcimomport Hypervisor CiMOM port number. - Page 45 Description Uninitializes one or more physical drives. The uninitialize command clears Adaptec meta-data and any OS partitions from a drive; existing data on the drive is destroyed. Drives can uninitialized only if they are in the Raw or Ready state (that is, not part of any logical drive). A drive in the Raw state has no Adaptec meta-data but may or may not have an OS partition.
- Page 46 Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide Drive# The drive number of the device to be uninitialized. Uninitializes all physical devices in the Raw or Ready state. nologs Suppresses log output for the command. Examples ARCCONF UNINIT 1 0 12 0 13 ARCCONF 1 ALL Proprietary and Confidential to PMC-Sierra, Inc.
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