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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SYSTEM_NAME=”XXX”—the system name, where XXX represents any user
defined phrase, up to 20 alphanumeric characters.
READ_CACHE=50—the read cache. This value must be between 0 and 100.
WRITE_CACHE=50—the write cache. This value must be between 0 and 100.
Note: Read_cache plus write_cache must equal 100.
Example CLI Response
Global Parameters:
System Name:XXX
Rebuild Priority:HIGH
Expand Priority:HIGH
Total Cache:128MB
50% Read Cache:64MB
50% Write Cache:64MB
Setting the Controller ID
To assign a unique name to each controller installed in the MSA1000:
Basic Command
SET THIS_CONTROLLER_ID
SET OTHER_CONTROLLER_ID
Example Command
CLI> SET THIS_CONTROLLER_ID 123
Command Options
123—the user-defined ID for the controller. The ID can be up to 230
alphanumeric characters or a decimal number in the range of 0 though 65535.
In this example, the controller ID will be changed to 123.
Example CLI Response
CLI> SET THIS_CONTROLLER_ID 123
Controller identifier 123 created.
Note: To verify the controller ID assignment, use the SHOW THIS_CONTROLLER or
SHOW OTHER_CONTROLLER commands.
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