User guide
Table Of Contents
- MSA1000 User Guide
- Contents
- About this Guide
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Operating System Specific Information
- Chapter 3: MSA1000 Setup and Sample Configurations
- Chapter 4: Operation and Management
- Chapter 5: Array Configuration Utility (ACU)
- Installing the ACU on the Server
- Accessing the ACU
- Description of Screen Regions
- Configuring a New Controller
- Modifying an Existing Controller
- Probability of Logical Drive Failure
- Chapter 6: Command Line Interface (CLI)
- CLI Overview
- CLI Setup
- Help Commands
- Display Commands
- Array Controller Configuration Commands
- LUN Management Commands
- Server Connection Commands
- Selective Storage Presentation/Access Control List Commands
- Appendix A: Regulatory Compliance Notices
- Appendix B: Electrostatic Discharge
- Appendix C: Specifications
- Appendix D: Hard Drive Arrays
- Appendix E: Recovering from Hard Drive Failure
- Appendix F: Controller Display Messages
- Appendix G: Recovery ROM and ROM Cloning
- Appendix H: SCSI ID Assignments
- Index
Command Line Interface (CLI)
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CLI Command Syntax
As previously mentioned, CLI commands are entered at the CLI prompt.
Commands are not case sensitive and must be typed out in full.
CLI command strings include the basic command plus specific command options,
some of which are mandatory and some of which are optional.
The CLI does not support line-continuation characters. If all characters of a
command do not fit on one line of the CLI, let them wrap around to the next line
on the screen. The maximum command length is 255 characters.
Example Command
ADD UNIT 0 DATA=“DISK101-DISK103” RAID_LEVEL=0
This example command has three portions—the basic command, plus two
command options.
Basic Command
add unit
The basic command includes a word or phrase used to instruct the controller.
Commands usually contain a verb with a noun. Every CLI command must begin
with a basic command.
Command Options
0
data=“disk101-disk103”
raid_level=0
An option is defined as words or phrases listed after the basic command that
supply necessary information to support the command.
Some CLI commands require these parameters. If parameters are required but are
not entered, the CLI command string is considered invalid. The syntax of the
parameter value is uniquely defined for each CLI command, but must be less than
20 alphanumeric characters.
Some CLI commands support options that modify the command, but are not
required. If a modifying option is available but not used, a default value will be
used.
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