Table of Contents
About this CLI Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Chapter 1. Introduction to the 3ware Command Line Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Features of the CLI | . 2 |
Supported Operating Systems | . 3 |
Terminology | . 3 |
Installing the 3ware CLI | . 4 |
Installing the 3ware CLI on Windows | . 4 |
Installing the 3ware CLI on Linux and FreeBSD | . 5 |
Working with 3ware CLI | . 6 |
Using the command interface interactively | . 6 |
Using a single command with output | . 7 |
Using an input file to execute a script | . 7 |
Outputting the CLI to a Text File | . 8 |
Conventions | . 8 |
Understanding RAID Levels and Concepts | . 9 |
RAID Concepts | . 9 |
Available RAID Configurations | 10 |
Determining What RAID Level to Use | 16 |
Chapter 2. CLI Syntax Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Common Tasks Mapped to CLI Commands | 19 |
Syntax Overview | 21 |
Shell Object Commands | 23 |
focus Object | 23 |
show | 24 |
show ver | 25 |
show alarms [reverse] | 26 |
show diag | 26 |
show rebuild | 26 |
show verify | 27 |
show selftest | 27 |
flush | 28 |
rescan | 28 |
commit | 28 |
update fw=filename_with_path [force] | 28 |
Controller Object Commands | 29 |
/cx show | 30 |
/cx show attribute [attribute ...] | 31 |
/cx show driver | 32 |
/cx show model | 32 |
/cx show firmware | 32 |
/cx show bios | 32 |
/cx show monitor | 32 |
/cx show serial | 33 |
/cx show pcb | 33 |
/cx show pchip | 33 |
/cx show achip | 33 |
www.3ware.com | iii |