Using the Command Line Interface

Controller Commands

The following commands are used to display the status of a variety of controller attributes and to perform such tasks as pausing and resuming I/O and enabling or disabling automatic failover.

Command Summary:

controller details

Shows details about the open controller and software.

controller firmware compare [/C{controller_ID}] [{controller_ID}...] [/D{UFI_file_path}]

Compares the contents of each of the flash components on a controller to the corresponding image in user flash image (UFI) files and indicates whether they match.

Switches

/C{controller_ID}—ID representing the set of controllers on which to perform the firmware comparison.

/D{UFI_file_path}—Location of the UFI files.

controller firmware save [/C{controller_ID}] [{controller_ID}...] [/D{UFI_file_path}]

Saves the contents of a controller’s flash in user flash image (UFI) files.

Switches

/C{controller_ID}—ID representing the set of controllers on which to perform the firmware comparison.

/D{UFI_file_path}—Location of the UFI files.

controller firmware update [/C{controller_ID}] [{controller_ID}...] [/D{UFI_file_path}]

Updates a controller’s flash components from the flash image data in a pair of user flash image (UFI) files.

Switches

/C{controller_ID}—ID representing the set of controllers on which to perform the firmware comparison.

/D{UFI_file_path}—Path where the pair of UFI files are located.

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