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MLXCTL(8) |
System Manager's Manual |
MLXCTL(8) |
NAME
mlxctl — Mylex DAC960 family management utility
SYNOPSIS
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mlxctl |
[-f dev] [-v] [-a] status [drive] [...] |
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mlxctl |
[-f dev] [-a] detach [drive] [...] |
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mlxctl |
[-f dev] [-a] check [drive] [...] |
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mlxctl |
[-f dev] rebuild channel:target |
DESCRIPTION
The
mlxctl utility performs status monitoring and management functions for Mylex DAC960 RAID controllers and attached devices.
The following options are available:
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-a
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Apply the action to all drives attached to the controller.
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-f dev
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Specify the control device to use. The default is /dev/mlx0.
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-v
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Increased verbosity.
The following commands are available:
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cstatus
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Display the controller's current status.
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status
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Display the status of the specified drives. This command returns 0 if all drives tested are online, 1 if one or more drives are critical and 2 if one or more are offline.
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rescan
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Re-scan the logical drive table, and attach or detach devices from the system as necessary.
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detach
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Detach the specified drives. Drives must be unmounted and unopened for this command to succeed.
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check
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Initiate a consistency check and repair pass on a drive that provides redundancy (e.g., RAID1 or RAID5). This command returns immediately. The status command can be used to monitor the progress of the check.
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rebuild
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Rebuild onto the specified physical drive. Note that there can be only one running rebuild operation per controller at any given time. This command returns immediately. The cstatus command can be used to monitor the progress of the rebuild.
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config
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Write the current system drive configuration to stdout.
EXAMPLES
Display the status of drive ld3 attached to the controller mlx1:
mlxctl -f /dev/mlx1 -v status ld3
HISTORY
The mlxctl command first appeared in NetBSD 1.5.3, and was based on the mlxcontrol utility found in FreeBSD.
BUGS
Modifying drive configuration is not yet supported.
Some commands do not work with older firmware revisions.
Error log extraction is not yet supported.
