AMCC 9500S, 9550SX Using a single command with output, Using an input file to execute a script

Working with 3ware CLI

Using a single command with output

You can use 3ware CLI with line arguments, processing a single command at a time. To do so, simply enter the command and the arguments.

Single commands can be useful when you want to perform a task such as redirecting the output of the command to a file. It also allows you to use the command line history to eliminate some typing.

Syntax

tw_cli <command_line_arguments>

Example

tw_cli /c0 show diag > /tmp/3w_diag.out

Using an input file to execute a script

You can operate 3ware CLI scripts by executing a file. The file is a text file containing a list of CLI commands which you have entered in advance. Each command must be on a separate line.

Syntax

tw_cli -f <filename>

Where <filename> is the name of the text file you want to execute.

Example

tw_cli -f clicommand.txt

This example executes the file clicommand.txt, and runs the CLI commands included in that file.

Scripting example

Following is a scripting example using a text file called config_unit.txt, containing three commands. This example sets up a 12-port controller with two units: one with the first 2 drives mirrored, and another with the remaining drives in a RAID 5 array. It then prints the configurations for verification. The commands included in the script file are:

/c0 add type=raid1 disk=0-1 /c0 add type=raid5 disk=2-11 /c0 show

To run the script, enter:

tw_cli -f config_unit.txt

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