Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product RAID 2045 Adaptec
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User’ s Guide A dapt ec RAID C ontr oller C ommand Line U tilit y.
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Contents Getting Started with the Command Line Utility Installing the Command Line Utility ................................................................. 7 Installing on Windows.......................................................................
Contents ● 5 arcconf snapshot ......................................................................................... 21 arcconf task ................................................................................................. 22 HRCONF Commands .
1 Getting Star ted with the Command Line Utility In this chapter ... Installing the Command Line U tility ........................................ .............................................. 7 Starting the Command Line Utility .....................
Chapter 1: Getting Star ted with the Command Line Utility ● 7 Installing the Command Line Utility Both comma nd line utilities are pr o vided on the Adapt ec Storage Manager CD . The utility ( ARCCONF or HR CONF ) is automatically installed in the same directory as Adaptec St orage Man a g e r a n d mu s t re ma i n t h ere .
Chapter 1: Getting Star ted with the Command Line Utility ● 8 4 Follo w the instructions on the scr een to c omplete the i nstallation. 5 U nmoun t the CD drive: umount /mnt Installing on Solaris Note: HRCONF is not suppor ted by systems running Solaris.
Chapter 1: Getting Star ted with the Command Line Utility ● 9 3 Extract the Linux Adapt ec Storage M anager RPM package and install it: rpm --install ./StorMan*.r pm Note: Ignore the note sa ying "Application c an be star ted by typing /usr/StorMan/ StorMan.
2 Using the Command Line Utility In this chapter ... AR CCONF Commands ............................................................. ............................................ 11 HRCONF C ommands .....................................................
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 11 ARCCONF Commands P erform the follo wing functions from the command line: Note: In the online co mmand syntax, <> indicates a requir ed parameter and [] indicates an optional par ameter .
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 12 arcconf create Creat es a new log ical drive or JBOD . Y ou must provide the channel and dev ice ID of the physical dev ices. On redundant logical drives, AR CCONF performs autosynchr onization. AR CCONF presents JBODs as physical dev ices, not logical dr ives.
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 13 N oprompt: N o prompt for c onfirmat ion Examples ARCCONF CREAT E 1 LOGICALDR IVE STRIPESIZ E 64 MAX 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 NOPR OMPT ARCCONF CREAT E 1 JBOD 0 1 NOPROMPT arcconf delet e Deletes a logical drive or JBOD .
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 14 arcconf getconfig Lists information about the c ontrollers, logical driv es, and ph ysical devices. This information can include (bu t is not limited t.
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 15 arcconf getlogs Obtains controlle r log information. Pr ovides acc ess to the status and ev ent logs of a contr oller . Y ou can retrieve three types of logs: ● DEVI CE —A lo g o f a ny de v ice er ror s t he co nt rol l er h as en cou ntere d .
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 16 arcconf getv ersion Lists vers ion information for all c ontroller s or a specific controller’ s software compone nts, including inf ormation about the BIOS, driv er , fi rmwar e currently running, and fir mwar e that will run after a reboot.
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 17 arcconf modify M orphs a logical de vice from one raid level to another (RAID Level Migration). Expands a logical devi ce from original to one w ith larger ca pacity (O nline Capacit y Expansion). Can be used to mak e mirrored sets.
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 18 arcconf rescan Enables the contro ller to check for the r emo val of any disk driv es in the ready stat e and to c heck for the c onnection of any new disk driv es to the c ontroller . The comm and returns when the res can is com pl ete .
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 19 arcconf setalarm Sets the state of the contr oller audible alarm, if prese nt. Syntax ARCCONF SETAL ARM <Controll er#> <on|off| silence|test&g.
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 20 arcconf setconfig Re sets the controller's c onfiguration. Logical drives ar e deleted, har d disks are reset to the READ Y state, and an y con troller settings are reset t o default values.
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 21 arcconf setstat e Changes the state of a ph ysical device from its cu rrent stat e to the desig nated state (H ot spare ). Syntax ARCCONF SETST ATE <Controlle r#> DEVICE <Ch annel#> <Devic e#> <State> [L OGICALDRIVE <LD#>[LD#] .
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 22 arcconf task P erforms a task on a logical driv e. Syntax ARCCONF TASK TASK START <C ontroller#> L OGICALDRIVE < LogicalDrive#> <options.
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 23 HRCONF Commands P erform the follo wing functions from the command line: hrconf backup For large-scale deplo yments, stores the current c ontroller and disk driv e configuration setting to a specific file.
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 24 hrconf create Creat es log ical drives. Y ou must provide the channel and de vice ID of th e physical devices.
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 25 hrconf getconfig Lists information about the c ontrollers, logical driv es, and ph ysical devices. This information can include (bu t is not limited t .
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 26 hrconf identify Blinks the LEDs on a device(s) connected to a c ontroller . Syntax HRCONF IDENTI FY <Controlle r#> LOGICALDR IVE <LogicalDr iv.
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 27 hrconf romupdat e Note: This command is only av ailable on systems r unning Windows or Linux. U pdates the co ntroller or enclosure firm ware. The R OM image file must be in the same directo r y prior to in v oking hrc onf.
Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 28 hrconf setstate Rede fines the state of a ph ysical device from its current state t o the designated state, or redefines a logical de vice state to forc e the logical dr ive online.
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