Adaptec 2020SA User Guide - Page 114

Displaying Controller Information, Enabling Automatic Failover, Controller List

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Command Line Interface Enabling Automatic Failover To enable automatic failover, use the controller set automatic_failover command with the /failover switch, as in the following example: AAC0> controller set automatic_failover /failover_enabled=TRUE Executing: controller set automatic_failover /failover_enabled=TRUE After running the controller set automatic_failover command, use the controller show automatic_failover command to verify that automatic failover has been enabled. If necessary, you can now replace a failed disk with a replacement disk. Displaying Controller Information Controllers exhibit a number of attributes that you can display or manage using the following CLI commands: ■ Controller List ■ Controller Details Controller List The controller list attributes are defined as follows: ■ Adapter Name-Name ■ Adapter Type-Product name ■ Controller Availability-Access mode Example Before opening a controller, you may want to use the controller list command to display all controllers. In the following example, the Adapter Name column indicates that AAC0 is the name of the controller installed on the computer. The example also indicates the controller's path (\\.\). CLI> controller list Executing: controller list Adapter Name Adapter Type ------------ ------------ \\.\AAC0 Adaptec xxxxx Availability -----------read/write D-9

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D-9
Command Line Interface
Enabling Automatic Failover
To enable automatic failover, use the
controller
set
automatic_failover
command with the
/failover
switch, as in
the following example:
AAC0> controller set automatic_failover
/failover_enabled=TRUE
Executing: controller set automatic_failover
/failover_enabled=TRUE
After running the
controller
set
automatic_failover
command,
use the
controller
show
automatic_failover
command to verify
that automatic failover has been enabled. If necessary, you can now
replace a failed disk with a replacement disk.
Displaying Controller Information
Controllers exhibit a number of attributes that you can display or
manage using the following CLI commands:
Controller List
Controller Details
Controller List
The
controller list
attributes are defined as follows:
Adapter Name
—Name
Adapter Type
—Product name
Controller Availability
—Access mode
Example
Before opening a controller, you may want to use the
controller
list
command to display all controllers. In the following example,
the
Adapter Name
column indicates that
AAC0
is the name of the
controller installed on the computer. The example also indicates the
controller’s path (
\\.\
).
CLI> controller list
Executing: controller list
Adapter Name
Adapter Type
Availability
------------
------------
------------
\\.\AAC0
Adaptec xxxxx
read/write