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Vess R2000 Series Product Manual Promise Technologies
ptiash
Usage
ptiash[-a<action>][-t][-s<ServerIP>]-f<FileName>[-p<PortNum>]
[-e<enclid>][-i<ctrlid>][-n][-d<pdid>][-l][-y]
Summary
This is the ash utility for the controller and physical drives. It is used to ash images
such as rmware or software for controllers and drive rmware image for physical drives. For
embedded, in order to update the ash image, the user must have a TFTP server setup that
is accessible from the enclosure’s management port and the ash image located on the TFTP
server. For in-band, the ash image located on the local host must be accessible.
Please note that only one ash process should be running at one time.
-a<action> Whichactiontoperform.
start (Default)Tostarttheashprocess.
versioninfo Togettheversionandbuildinformationofrunningimagesofall
 controllersorthespeciedcontroller.
-t IndicatesthatTFTPgetmethodistobeusedtoobtainthelefrom
 aTFTPserver.
-s<servername|ipaddress>
 SpeciesthehostnameorIPaddressoftheTFTPserverwhich
 containstheimagele.
-f<lename> Speciesthelenameoftheashimage.Includethefoldername
 Aashimagecouldbeeitheracontrollerashimageoraphysical
 drivermwareupdateimage.