Contents
Adaptec by PMC Product Support..............................................................................................................................7
Software License Agreement......................................................................................................................................9
1 Getting Started with the Command Line Utility....................................................................................................12
Installing the Command Line Utility.............................................................................................................12
Downloading the Installation Packages...........................................................................................12
Installing on Windows.....................................................................................................................13
Installing on Red Hat, Cent OS, SuSE, or Fedora Linux.....................................................................13
Installing on Debian or Ubuntu Linux..............................................................................................14
Installing on Solaris..........................................................................................................................14
Installing on FreeBSD.......................................................................................................................14
Installing on VMware ESX 4.1..........................................................................................................14
Installing on VMware ESXi 5.x..........................................................................................................15
Installing on a VMware Guest OS....................................................................................................16
Starting the Command Line Utility...............................................................................................................16
2 Using the Command Line Utility...........................................................................................................................17
ARCCONF Commands...................................................................................................................................17
arcconf atapassword....................................................................................................................................18
arcconf consistencycheck.............................................................................................................................18
arcconf copyback.........................................................................................................................................19
arcconf create..............................................................................................................................................19
arcconf delete..............................................................................................................................................21
arcconf driverupdate....................................................................................................................................22
arcconf expanderlist.....................................................................................................................................22
arcconf failover.............................................................................................................................................23
arcconf getcong..........................................................................................................................................23
arcconf getlogs.............................................................................................................................................24
arcconf getperform......................................................................................................................................25
arcconf getsmartstats...................................................................................................................................26
arcconf getstatus..........................................................................................................................................26
arcconf getversion........................................................................................................................................27
arcconf identify............................................................................................................................................27
arcconf imageupdate...................................................................................................................................28
arcconf key...................................................................................................................................................29
arcconf modify.............................................................................................................................................29
arcconf phyerrorlog......................................................................................................................................30
arcconf playcong........................................................................................................................................31
arcconf rescan..............................................................................................................................................32
arcconf resetstatisticscounters.....................................................................................................................32
arcconf romupdate.......................................................................................................................................32
arcconf savecong........................................................................................................................................33
arcconf savesupportarchive.........................................................................................................................34
arcconf setalarm...........................................................................................................................................35
arcconf setcache..........................................................................................................................................35
arcconf setcong..........................................................................................................................................36
arcconf setcontrollermode...........................................................................................................................36
arcconf setmaxcache....................................................................................................................................37
arcconf setname...........................................................................................................................................39
arcconf setncq..............................................................................................................................................40
arcconf setperform.......................................................................................................................................40
arcconf setpower.........................................................................................................................................41
arcconf setpriority........................................................................................................................................42
arcconf setstate............................................................................................................................................42
arcconf setstatsdatacollection.....................................................................................................................43
arcconf setvmcredential...............................................................................................................................44
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Adaptec RAID Controller Command Line Utility User's Guide