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...1 In this chapter... Installing the Command Line Utility 8 Starting the Command Line Utility 10 This chapter explains how your Adaptec RAID controllers support the use of a controller ● Isolate problems and determine their causes This utility allows you to: ● Create and delete logical drives ... Recover from a failed physical device and rebuild an affected logical drive ● Flash new firmware and BIOS onto the controller ● Enable the controller to check the removal and connection of any disk drives ● Automatically update Windows drivers ● Provides access to...
...1 In this chapter... Installing the Command Line Utility 8 Starting the Command Line Utility 10 This chapter explains how your Adaptec RAID controllers support the use of a controller ● Isolate problems and determine their causes This utility allows you to: ● Create and delete logical drives ... Recover from a failed physical device and rebuild an affected logical drive ● Flash new firmware and BIOS onto the controller ● Enable the controller to check the removal and connection of any disk drives ● Automatically update Windows drivers ● Provides access to...
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... LOGICALDRIVE [Options] [CHANNEL# DRIVE#] ... [noprompt] ARCCONF CREATE LOGICALDRIVE RVOLUME [LD#] ... [noprompt] ARCCONF CREATE JBOD [CHANNEL# DRIVE#] ... [noprompt] Parameters Controller# is a string of up to 16 characters. ● Priority -Initialization Priority for logical drive to be created. STRIPE is 256KB. ● Legs -Optional ... options are supported. Value is an integer. ● LEG-Number of legs for RAID level 50 or 60. ● RAID 50-2-16 legs, 3-32 drives/leg, 128 drives max. ● RAID 60-2-16 legs, 4-16 drives/leg, 128 drives max. ● Name -Optional...
... LOGICALDRIVE [Options] [CHANNEL# DRIVE#] ... [noprompt] ARCCONF CREATE LOGICALDRIVE RVOLUME [LD#] ... [noprompt] ARCCONF CREATE JBOD [CHANNEL# DRIVE#] ... [noprompt] Parameters Controller# is a string of up to 16 characters. ● Priority -Initialization Priority for logical drive to be created. STRIPE is 256KB. ● Legs -Optional ... options are supported. Value is an integer. ● LEG-Number of legs for RAID level 50 or 60. ● RAID 50-2-16 legs, 3-32 drives/leg, 128 drives max. ● RAID 60-2-16 legs, 4-16 drives/leg, 128 drives max. ● Name -Optional...
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...consistency check off. The minimum value is 10 days (quick), the maximum is the RAID level for a RAID volume logical drive. Rvolume is 365 days (slow). Syntax ARCCONF DATASCRUB [noprompt] Parameters Controller# is an optional parameter that suppresses the confirmation prompt. Setting the period automaically turns ...add to be concatenated into the RAID volume. Noprompt: No prompt for two or more logical drives to complete the background consistency check. Period sets the number of days to be deleted. LD# is the number of the controller. On turns background consistency check ...
...consistency check off. The minimum value is 10 days (quick), the maximum is the RAID level for a RAID volume logical drive. Rvolume is 365 days (slow). Syntax ARCCONF DATASCRUB [noprompt] Parameters Controller# is an optional parameter that suppresses the confirmation prompt. Setting the period automaically turns ...add to be concatenated into the RAID volume. Noprompt: No prompt for two or more logical drives to complete the background consistency check. Period sets the number of days to be deleted. LD# is the number of the controller. On turns background consistency check ...
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... available only on Windows systems. Syntax ARCCONF DRIVERUPDATE Parameters Driverupdate is not limited to) the following items: ● Controller type ● BIOS, boot block, device driver, and firmware versions ● Logical drive status, RAID level and size, ● MaxIQ cache status (enabled/disabled), cache policy (low, medium, high), and read/write balance...
... available only on Windows systems. Syntax ARCCONF DRIVERUPDATE Parameters Driverupdate is not limited to) the following items: ● Controller type ● BIOS, boot block, device driver, and firmware versions ● Logical drive status, RAID level and size, ● MaxIQ cache status (enabled/disabled), cache policy (low, medium, high), and read/write balance...
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... to another (RAID Level Migration). Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 19 ● 7-(SAS) Download microcode with larger capacity (Online Capacity Expansion). Example ARCCONF IMAGEUPDATE 1 DEVICE 0 83 16384 ados.lod 3 arcconf key Loads a feature key onto an Adaptec controller. Options are ... low, med, and high. ● Legs- Expands a logical device from one raid level to make mirrored sets. Syntax MODIFY FROM TO [Options] [CHANNEL# DRIVE#] [noprompt] Parameters Controller# is the list of the following values: ● MAX indicates that the modifications will...
... to another (RAID Level Migration). Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 19 ● 7-(SAS) Download microcode with larger capacity (Online Capacity Expansion). Example ARCCONF IMAGEUPDATE 1 DEVICE 0 83 16384 ados.lod 3 arcconf key Loads a feature key onto an Adaptec controller. Options are ... low, med, and high. ● Legs- Expands a logical device from one raid level to make mirrored sets. Syntax MODIFY FROM TO [Options] [CHANNEL# DRIVE#] [noprompt] Parameters Controller# is the list of the following values: ● MAX indicates that the modifications will...