Managing the HP NetStorage 6000 Using Telnet

Commands
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The packets sent are the same as the ping command (ICMP protocol). Nsend is the number of
packets to send; the default is one. Size is the size in bytes of each packet sent; the default is 56
bytes. Maxfail is the maximum number of retries for the entire test; the default is three.
Usage:
ratenet hostname/addr [ nsend [ size [ maxfail ] ] ]
Example: ratenet aclient
ratenet 192.3.4.10
ratenet aclient 1000
ratenet other 100 1200
ratenet 192.3.4.5 5 56 10
rateread The rateread command reads the entire contents of file filename from disk, and then reports
the time and speed of the operation. This may be used as a basic test of server operations, or
may be used to evaluate different disk drives. Filename must already exist, and must be the
true pathname of the file; wildcards may not be used.
Blocksize is the size in bytes of each read request. The default
blocksize is 8192 bytes.
Note that «upperCaseProduct» caches files in memory in case they are accessed again. If you
use rateread on a file twice, the second performance is much faster than the first. The only way
to force rateread to access disk is to use a file that is larger than your system’s memory, or to
use several files that together are larger than your system’s memory.
Usage:
rateread filename [ blocksize ]
Example: rateread $bootdir/netserve.img
rateread $bootdir/netserve.img 512
rateread /vol7/big-huge-file 16384
ratewrite The ratewrite command creates file filename on disk, writes totalkb kilo-bytes of random data
to the file, and then reports the time and speed of the operation. This may be used as a basic
test of server operations, or may be used to evaluate different disk drives.
Totalkb is the total size of the file to be written given in 1024 byte units. For example, a totalkb
of 256 would result in a file that is 262144 bytes in size. Blocksize is the size in bytes of each
write request. The default blocksize is 8192 bytes.
Usage:
ratewrite filename totalkb [ blocksize ]
Example: ratewrite $bootdir/testfile 256
ratewrite $bootdir/testfile 256 8192
ratewrite /vol7/1meg-file 1024
reboot The reboot command initiates a procedure that stops the server in an orderly fashion and then
reboots the computer.
Usage:
reboot
report The report command gives a overall status report including:
• each volume’s backup status, size, and free space