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    eXpeRAID Command Line Interface User Guide Nov 05, 2007 V ersion: 1.0[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 2 OF 27 Revision History Rev – A 11-JUN -2007 JeffChang 1. Initial Draft. Rev – B 10-AUG -200 7 ShoneCheng 2. Removed unne cessary commands and m[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 3 OF 27 Contents 1. Intr oduction ......................................................................6 1.1 Overview ..............................[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 4 OF 27 3.3.3 Basic Array Configuration Commands ......................................................... 16 3.3.3.1 CreateArray 3.3.3.2 DeleteArray[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 5 OF 27 3.3.7.1 UpdateSystemCode 3.3.7.2 UpdateBootCode 3.3.7.3 UpdateBIOSEFI Appendix I. ...........................................................[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 6 OF 27 1. Intr oduction This user guide provides eXpeRAID Comman d Line Interface (CLI) instruct ions for configuring and mainta ining your eXpeRAID[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 7 OF 27 2. Using CLI 2.1 Pre-action Before using CLI, make sure the controller(s) ha s been connected to the host and the driver(s) of the controller[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 8 OF 27 3. T ype: mknod /dev/ACS_CDEV0 c 253 0 [Enter ], a device file “ACS_CDEV0” will be created and CLI will be able to find the controller th[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 9 OF 27 This non-interactive mode is implemen ted by calling the CLI command "RunScript". For example: In Sample1.sh(Included in the folder[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 10 OF 27 3. CLI Command Line Configuration 3.1 CLI Command Format Command Name Command Description Command Parameter 1 Parameter Description [Format [...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 11 OF 27 3.2 CLI Reply St atus z InBand(Controller) command success. z InBand command failed. CLI will display “Reason: <Error re ason descripti[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 12 OF 27 3.3 CLI Command Set 3.3.1 Basic CLI Commands 3.3.1.1 Command Name Command Description Use this command to show the main information page, wh[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 13 OF 27 3.3.1.4 Command Name Command Description SetPassword Use this command to set password of the active controller . Parameter 1 Parameter Descr[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 14 OF 27 3.3.2 Information Display Commands 3.3.2.1 Command Name Command Description DumpArrayInfo Use this command to displa y information of the sp[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 15 OF 27 3.3.2.6 Command Name Command Description Use this command to display info rmation of all locked drives. Parameter Description DumpLockDriveI[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 16 OF 27 3.3.3 Basic Array Co nfiguration Commands 3.3.3.1 Command Name Command Description CreateArray Use this command to create an array with spec[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 17 OF 27 3.3.3.2 Command Name Command Description DeleteArray Use this command to delete a specified array . Parameter 1 Parameter Description Array [...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 18 OF 27 3.3.3.6 Command Name Command Description SetLunMap Use this command to set a Lun Map for an existing slice or JBOD. Parameter 1 Parameter De[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 19 OF 27 3.3.4 Advanced Array Configuration Commands 3.3.4.1 Command Name Command Description ExpandArray Use this command to expand an array with sp[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 20 OF 27 3.3.4.3 Command Name Command Description RebuildParity Use this command to rebuild pa rity of an array which contains parity . i.e. RAID 5 o[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 21 OF 27 3.3.4.6 Command Name Command Description RefreshPriority Use this command to set the prior ity of array refreshment. This set ting would be [...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 22 OF 27 3.3.5.2 Command Name Command Description DeleteShot Use this command to delete a mirror snapshot. Parameter 1 Parameter Description Shot No.[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 23 OF 27 3.3.5.6 Command Name Command Description CancelSplitSchedule Use this command to can cel split schedule for the specified mirror snapshot. P[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 24 OF 27 3.3.6.4 Command Name Command Description SMAR TPollingPeriod Use this command to set th e polling frequency of SMAR T pre-failure warning mo[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 25 OF 27 3.3.6.9 Command Name Command Description PrefetchNumber Use this command to assign the maximum pre-fetch number . Parameter 1 Parameter Desc[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 26 OF 27 3.3.7 Firmware Up date Commands 3.3.7.1 Command Name Command Description UpdateSystemCode Update system code for th e active co ntroller . T[...]

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    ACCUSYS, INC. 5F, 38 TAIYUAN ST, JHUBEI, HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C. TITLE EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFA CE USER GUIDE PROJECT “DESKTOP RAID” DOCUMENT STATUS OFFICIAL RELEASE REV. G–05-NOV-2007 PAGE 27 OF 27 Appendix I. Array Migration Matrix: T arget RAID Level Source RAID Level R0 R1 R5 R0+1 R6 R0 ( N Disks) Can’t Migrate ≧ N +1 ≧ 2 N ≧[...]