Adaptec RAID 2810SA User manual

Adaptec Serial ATA RAID
2810SA Command Line
Interface
Software Reference Guide
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Contents
1 Getting Started
Audience 1-2
Supported Platforms 1-2
How to Use this Manual 1-2
Organization 1-3
Conventions 1-3
Related Documentation 1-4
2 Accessing the Command Line Interface
Accessing the CLI from the MS-DOS Prompt 2-2
Accessing the CLI from the Windows Start Button 2-2
Accessing the CLI from the NetWare Server Console 2-3
Accessing the CLI from the Linux/UNIX Prompt 2-3
3 Syntax and Conventions for CLI Commands
CLI Features 3-1
CLI Command Syntax 3-2
Class 3-3
Action 3-3
Object 3-3
Switch 3-3
Value 3-4
Parameter 3-4
Blank Space 3-4
CLI Parameter and Switch Value Types 3-4
boolean 3-5

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integer 3-5
string 3-6
scsi_device 3-7
free_space 3-8
container 3-9
CLI Status Information 3-10
The Stat and Task Items 3-10
The Func Item 3-11
The Ctr and State Items 3-12
4 General Control Commands
close 4-2
Syntax 4-2
exit 4-2
Syntax 4-2
help, ? 4-2
Syntax 4-2
Parameters 4-2
Switches 4-2
history_size 4-3
Command Availability 4-3
Syntax 4-3
Parameters 4-3
open 4-3
Syntax 4-3
Parameters 4-3
Switches 4-4
reset_window 4-5
Command Availability 4-5
Syntax 4-5
toggle_more 4-5
Command Availability 4-5
Syntax 4-5
5 container Commands
container add_level 5-3

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Syntax 5-3
Parameters 5-3
Examples 5-3
Related Information 5-4
container create mirror 5-5
Syntax 5-5
Parameters 5-5
Switches 5-6
Examples 5-6
Related Information 5-8
container create mmirror 5-9
Notes 5-9
Syntax 5-9
Parameters 5-9
Switches 5-10
Examples 5-11
Related Information 5-12
container create mstripe 5-14
Notes 5-14
Syntax 5-14
Parameters 5-15
Switches 5-15
Examples 5-16
Related Information 5-18
container create mvolume 5-19
Notes 5-19
Syntax 5-19
Parameters 5-19
Switches 5-20
Examples 5-20
Related Information 5-23
container create raid5 5-24
Notes 5-24
Syntax 5-24
Parameters 5-24
Switches 5-25
Examples 5-27

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Related Information 5-29
container create stripe 5-30
Notes 5-30
Syntax 5-30
Parameters 5-30
Switches 5-31
Examples 5-32
Related Information 5-34
container create volume 5-35
Notes 5-35
Syntax 5-35
Parameters 5-35
Switches 5-36
Examples 5-37
Related Information 5-38
container delete 5-40
Notes 5-40
Syntax 5-40
Parameters 5-40
Switches 5-40
Examples 5-41
Related Information 5-42
container extend file_system 5-43
Notes 5-43
Command And Switch Availability 5-44
Syntax 5-44
Parameters 5-44
Examples 5-44
Related Information 5-45
container extend mvolume 5-46
Command And Switch Availability 5-46
Syntax 5-46
Parameters 5-46
Examples 5-47
Related Information 5-49
container extend volume 5-50
Command And Switch Availability 5-50

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Syntax 5-50
Parameters 5-50
Examples 5-51
Related Information 5-53
container list 5-54
Syntax 5-54
Parameters 5-54
Switches 5-54
Examples 5-55
Related Information 5-64
container lock 5-65
Syntax 5-65
Parameters 5-65
Examples 5-65
Related Information 5-66
container move 5-67
Notes 5-67
Syntax 5-67
Parameters 5-67
Examples 5-68
Related Information 5-68
container promote 5-69
Notes 5-69
Syntax 5-69
Parameters 5-69
Examples 5-70
Related Information 5-71
container readonly 5-72
Syntax 5-72
Parameters 5-72
Examples 5-72
Related Information 5-73
container readwrite 5-74
Syntax 5-74
Parameters 5-74
Examples 5-74
Related Information 5-75

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container reconfigure 5-76
Notes 5-77
Syntax 5-77
Parameters 5-78
Switches 5-78
Examples 5-81
Related Information 5-82
container release_cache 5-83
Syntax 5-83
Parameters 5-83
Examples 5-83
Related Information 5-83
container remove drive_letter 5-84
Command Availability 5-84
Syntax 5-84
Parameters 5-84
Examples 5-84
Related Information 5-85
container remove failover 5-86
Syntax 5-86
Parameters 5-86
Examples 5-87
Related Information 5-87
container remove file_system 5-88
Command Availability 5-88
Syntax 5-88
Parameters 5-88
Examples 5-88
Related Information 5-89
container remove global_failover 5-90
Syntax 5-90
Parameters 5-90
Examples 5-90
Related Information 5-91
container restore RAID5 5-92
Syntax 5-92
Parameters 5-92

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Examples 5-92
Related Information 5-93
container scrub 5-94
Syntax 5-94
Parameters 5-94
Switches 5-94
Examples 5-95
Related Information 5-96
container set cache 5-97
Notes 5-97
Syntax 5-97
Parameters 5-98
Switches 5-98
Examples 5-98
Related Information 5-99
container set failover 5-100
Syntax 5-100
Parameters 5-100
Examples 5-100
Related Information 5-101
container set global_failover 5-102
Syntax 5-102
Parameters 5-102
Examples 5-102
Related Information 5-103
container set io_delay 5-104
Syntax 5-104
Parameters 5-104
Examples 5-105
Related Information 5-106
container set label 5-107
Syntax 5-107
Parameters 5-107
Examples 5-107
Related Information 5-108
container show cache 5-109
Syntax 5-109

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Parameters 5-109
Examples 5-109
Related Information 5-110
container show failover 5-112
Syntax 5-112
Parameters 5-112
Examples 5-112
Related Information 5-112
container split 5-113
Syntax 5-113
Parameters 5-114
Examples 5-114
Related Information 5-116
container unlock 5-117
Syntax 5-117
Parameters 5-117
Examples 5-117
Related Information 5-118
container unmirror 5-119
Syntax 5-119
Parameters 5-119
Examples 5-119
Related Information 5-120
6 controller Commands
controller details 6-2
Syntax 6-2
Examples 6-2
Related Information 6-5
controller firmware compare 6-6
Syntax 6-6
Switches 6-6
Examples 6-6
Related Information: 6-6
controller firmware save 6-7
Syntax 6-7
Switches 6-7