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.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Michael Smith
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.Dd April 10, 2000
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.Dt MLXCONTROL 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm mlxcontrol
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.Nd Mylex DAC-family RAID management utility
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Aq command
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.Op args
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.Nm
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status
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.Op Fl qv
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.Op Ar drive
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.Nm
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rescan
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.Ar controller
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.Op Ar controller ...
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.Nm
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detach
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.Ar drive
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.Op Ar drive ...
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.Nm
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detach
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.Fl a
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.Nm
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check
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.Ar drive
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.Nm
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config
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.Ar controller
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.Nm
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help
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.Ar command
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility provides status monitoring and management functions
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for devices attached
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to the
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.Xr mlx 4
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driver.
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.Pp
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Controller names are of the form "mlxN"
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where N is the unit number of the controller.
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Drive names are of the form "mlxdN"
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where N is the unit number of the drive.
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Do not specify the path to a device node.
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width rebuild
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.It status
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Print the status of controllers and system drives.
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If one or more drives are specified,
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only print information about these drives,
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otherwise print information
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about all controllers and drives in the system.
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With the
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.Fl v
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flag, display much more verbose information.
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With the
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.Fl q
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flag, do not print any output.
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This command returns
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0 if all drives tested are online,
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1 if one or more drives are critical and
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2 if one or more are offline.
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.It rescan
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Rescan one or more controllers for non-attached system drives
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(e.g.\& drives that have been
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detached or created subsequent to driver initialisation).
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If the
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.Fl a
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flag is supplied, rescan all controllers in the system.
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.It detach
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Detach one or more system drives.
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Drives must be unmounted
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and not opened by any other utility for this command to succeed.
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If the
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.Fl a
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flag is supplied, detach all system drives from the nominated controller.
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.It check
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Initiate a consistency check and repair pass on a redundant system drive
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(e.g.\& RAID1 or RAID5).
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The controller will scan the system drive and repair any inconsistencies.
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This command returns immediately;
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use the
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.Ar status
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command to monitor the progress of the check.
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.It rebuild
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Requires two arguments,
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.Ar controller
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and
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.Ar physdrive
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as specified in the
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output of the
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.Ar status
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command.
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All system drives using space on the physical drive
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.Ar physdrive
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are rebuilt, reconstructing all data on the drive.
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Note that each controller can only perform one rebuild at a time.
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This command returns immediately; use the
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.Ar status
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command to monitor the progress of the rebuild.
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.It config
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Print the current configuration from the nominated controller.
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This command will be updated
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to allow addition/deletion of system drives from a configuration
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in a future release.
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.It help
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Print usage information for
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.Ar command .
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.El
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The mlxcontrol utility was written by
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.An Michael Smith
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.Aq msmith@FreeBSD.org .
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.Sh BUGS
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The
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.Ar config
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command does not yet support modifying system drive configuration.
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.Pp
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Error log extraction is not yet supported.
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