Installation guide
Working with 3ware CLI
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Using the command interface interactively
You can use the CLI interactively by entering commands at the main prompt 
and observing the results on the screen.
To use the CLI interactively
1 If necessary, change to the directory that contains CLI.
2 Type the following command: 
tw_cli
(Under Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenSolaris, if the directory 
containing the CLI is not in your path, you might need to type 
./tw_cli ) 
The main prompt appears, indicating that the program is awaiting a 
command.
//localhost> 
3 At the CLI prompt, you can enter commands to show or act on 3ware 
controllers, units, and drives.
For example, 
//localhost> show
lists all controllers in the system and shows summary information about 
them. For example:
Ctl Model Ports Drives Units NotOpt RRate VRate BBU
------------------------------------------------------------
c0 9750-4I 4 12 2 0  1 1 -
c1 9650SE-4 4 4 1 0  3 5 TESTING
c2 7500-12 12 8 3 1  2 - -
Using a single command with output
You can use 3ware CLI with line arguments, processing a single command at 
a time. To do so, simply type the command and the arguments.
Single commands are useful when you want to perform a task such as 
redirecting the output of the command to a file. They also allow you to use the 
command line history to reduce some typing. 
Syntax
tw_cli <command_line_arguments>
Example 
tw_cli /c0 show diag > /tmp/3w_diag.out










