Chapter 6: Management with the CLI

 

 

Options

 

-a <action>

Specifies the action to perform.

list

(Default) Displays a list of hot spare drives.

add

Adds new hot spare drives.

mod

Changes hot spare drive settings.

del

Deletes a hot spare drive.

-i <Spare Id>

Specifies the ID of the spare drive.

-p <PD ID>

Specifies the ID of the physical drive. Requires the -a add

 

option to configure a drive as a spare.

-d <DA ID or DA ID List>

 

Specifies the disk array ID. Requires the -a list option.

 

Displays a list of global spares and spares dedicated to

 

this disk array.

 

When used with other actions, it specifies the disk array

 

IDs to which this spare is dedicated.

-t <type>

Specifies the type of hot spare drive.

g

A global hot spare drive.

d

A dedicated hot spare drive.

-r <revertible>

Specifies whether the spare drive is revertible.

y

Yes.

n

No.

-s "<option>=<value>"

Specifies options for the spare drive.

mediapatrol=

Enables or disables Media Patrol.

enable

 

disable

 

Examples

spare

spare -a add -p 14 -t g -r y

spare -a mod -i 1 -t d -d 0,1 -s "mediapatrol=disable" spare -a del -i 0

spath

Usage

spath [-a list] [-t <type> -p <path #>] [-c <count>] spath -a discover

spath -a chgpath [-t <type> -p <path #>]

213

Page 227
Image 227
Promise Technology EX4650, EX8658, EX8654, EX8650 manual Spath