Function

Set the number of drives that spin up simultaneously upon power-on.

Format

arcconf setpower controller_id spinup internal external

Parameters

Usage Guidelines

None

Example

# Set drive spinup parameters.

domino:~# ./arcconf setpower 1 spinup 4 0
Controllers found: 1 


Command completed successfully.

# Query spinup settings.

domino:~# ./arcconf getconfig 1 | grep Spinup
   Spinup limit internal drives             : 4 
   Spinup limit external drives             : 0

Function

Set the PowerSave parameters for a virtual drive.

Format

arcconf setpower controller_id ld ld_id slowdown timer1 poweroff timer2

Parameters

Usage Guidelines

None

Example

# Set the Powersave parameters

domino:~# ./arcconf setpower 1 ld 0 slowdown 3 poweroff 5
Controllers found: 1 

Command completed successfully.

Function

Set the initialization function for physical and virtual drives.

Format

arcconf task start controller_id logicaldrive ld_id option [noprompt]

arcconf task stop controller_id logicaldrive ld_id

arcconf task start controller_id device channel_id slot_id option [noprompt]

arcconf task stop controller_id device channel_id slot_id

Parameters

Usage Guidelines

If the noprompt parameter is contained, the operation will be performed forcibly.

Example

# Initialize the drive in slot 3.

domino:~# ./arcconf task start 1 device 0 3 clear
Controllers found: 1 
Clear of a Hard drive is a long process. 

Are you sure you want to continue? 
Press y, then ENTER to continue or press ENTER to abort: y 

Clearing Channel 0, Device 3. 

Command completed successfully.

# Query the task status.

domino:~# ./arcconf getstatus 1
Controllers found: 1 
Physical Device Task: 
   Channel,Device                   : 0,3 
   Task ID                          : 100 
   Current operation                : Clear 
   Status                           : In Progress 
   Priority                         : High 
   Percentage complete              : 0 

Command completed successfully.     

Function

Set the priority for a background task and make the priority take effect.

Format

arcconf setpriority controller_id priority [current]

Parameters

Usage Guidelines

None

Example

# Set the priority to high and make the priority take effect.

domino:~# ./arcconf setpriority 1 high current
Controllers found: 1 

Command completed successfully.

Function

Query and set the performance mode for a RAID controller card.

Format

arcconf setperform controller_id mode

arcconf getperform controller_id

Parameters

Usage Guidelines

None

Example

# Set the performance mode to Dynamic.

domino:~# ./arcconf setperform 1 1
Controllers found: 1 

Command completed successfully.

# Query the performance mode.

domino:~# ./arcconf getperform 1
Controllers found: 1 

   Performance Mode                        : Default/Dymatic 

   CACHE_REPRESSPREFETCHING                : DISABLE 
   CACHE_IO_SORTING                        : ENABLE 
   CACHE_INSERT_LRU                        : DISABLE 
   CACHE_DYNAMIC_SHARING                   : ENABLE 
   CACHE_READ_LOAD_BYPASS_VALID            : ENABLE 
   CACHE_WRITE_LOAD_BYPASS_VALID           : ENABLE 
   CACHE_LARGE_WRITE_BYPASS                : DISABLE 
   IO_COALESCING                           : ENABLE 
   CACHE_MAX_DIRTY                         : 75 percent 
   CACHE_DEMAND_FLUSH_THRESHOLD            : 75 percent 
   CACHE_PAGE_SIZE                         : 256 KB 
   CACHE_RESERVED_FOR_INACTIVE             : 10 
   CACHE_ADDITIONAL_WRITES                 : 4 
   CACHE_MIN_FLUSH_STRIPE                  : 64 KB 
   CACHE_BYPASS_WRITE_IO_SIZE              : 128 KB 
   IO_LIMIT_SATA_HDD                       : 32 
   IO_LIMIT_SATA_SSD                       : 32 
   IO_LIMIT_SAS_HDD                        : 64 
   IO_LIMIT_SAS_SSD                        : 64 
   R1_SEQ_READ_LOW_QW_THRESHOLD            : 4 
   R1_SEQ_DETECTION_THRESHOLD              : 4 

Command completed successfully.

Function

Set the working mode for a RAID controller card.

Format

arcconf setpcontrollermode controller_id mode

Parameters

Usage Guidelines

None

Example

# Set the working mode to RAID: expose RAW.

domino:~# ./arcconf setcontrollermode 1 0
Controllers found: 1 

Command completed successfully.

# Query the working mode.

domino:~# ./arcconf getconfig 1
Controllers found: 1 
-------------------------------------------------------------- 
Controller information 
-------------------------------------------------------------- 
   Controller Status                       : Optimal 
   Controller Mode                         : RAID (Expose RAW)
   Channel description                     : SAS/SATA 
......

Function

Set a SATA password to prevent SATA drive data from being securely erased.

Format

arcconf atapassword controller_id set new_password channel_id slot_id

arcconf atapassword controller_id clear current_password channel_id slot_id

Parameters

Usage Guidelines

None

Example

# Set the password of the SATA drive in slot 0 to huawei.

domino:~# ./arcconf atapassword 1 set huawei 0 0
Controllers found: 1 
Setting the ATA security password on the SATA harddrive 

Are you sure you want to continue? 
Press y, then ENTER to continue or press ENTER to abort: y 

Command completed successfully.

# Clear the password of the SATA drive in slot 0.

domino:~# ./arcconf atapassword 1 clear huawei 0 0
Controllers found: 1 
Clearing the ATA security password on the SATA harddrive 

Are you sure you want to continue? 
Press y, then ENTER to continue or press ENTER to abort: y 

Command completed successfully.

Function

Create and delete a RAID array.

Format

arcconf create controller_id logicaldrive stripesize stripesize name ld_name priority ld_priority method mode capacity raid_level channel_id1 slot_id1 channel_id2 slot_id2...channel_idN slot_idN [noprompt]

arcconf delete controller_id logicaldrive ld_id noprompt

Parameters

Usage Guidelines

None

Example

# Create a RAID 5 array.

domino:~# ./arcconf create 1 logicaldrive stripesize 64 name test01 priority high method quick 102400 5 0 0 0 1 0 2
Controllers found: 1 

For arrays with all SSD drives, caching is not recommended. Disable all cache settings?(Y/N) 

Are you sure you want to continue? 
Press y, then ENTER to continue or press ENTER to abort: y 

Do you want to add a logical device to the congirutaion? 
Press y, then ENTER to continue or press ENTER to abort: y 

Creating logical device: test01 

Command completed successfully.

# Delete the virtual drive whose ID is 1.

domino:~# ./arcconf delete 1 logicaldrive 1 nopromt
Controllers found: 1 
All data in logical device 1 will be lost: 
Deleting: logical device 1 ("LogicalDrv 1") 

Command completed successfully.     

Function

Set cache read and write policies for a RAID array.

Format

arcconf setcache controller_id logicaldrive ld_id mode

Parameters

Usage Guidelines

None

Example

# Enable the read cache function for a RAID array.

domino:~# ./arcconf setcache 1 logicaldrive 0 ron
Controllers found: 1 

Command completed successfully.

Function

Set the hot spare drive status to global or dedicated.

Format

arcconf setstate controller_id device channel_id slot_id hsp [logicaldrive ld_id1 ld_id2]

Parameters

Usage Guidelines

If logicaldrive ld_id1 ld_id2 is not contained, the drive is a global hot spare drive.

If logicaldrive ld_id1 ld_id2 is contained, the drive is a dedicated hot spare drive.

Example

# Set the drive in slot 3 to a global hot spare drive.

domino:~# ./arcconf setstate 1 device 0 3 hsp
Controllers found: 1 
This global hot spare will only protect logicals whose member block size is 512 Bytes. 

Command completed successfully.

Function

Adjust RAID stripe size and RAID capacity at the same time, and change the RAID level.

Format

arcconf modify controller_id from ld_id to [stripesize size] capacity raid_level channel_id1 slot_id1 ... channel_idN slot_idN [noprompt]

Parameters

Usage Guidelines

If the noprompt parameter is contained, the operation will be performed forcibly.

Example

# Adjust the stripe size to 1024 without adding drives.

domino:~# ./arcconf modify 1 from 0 to stripesize 1024 1525760 0 0 0 0 1
Controllers found: 1 
Reconfiguration of a logical device is a long process. Are you sure you want to continue? 
Press y, then ENTER to continue or press ENTER to abort: y 

Reconfiguring logical device: LogicalDrv 0 

Command completed successfully.

# Change the RAID level of VD 0 to RAID 5.

domino:~# ./arcconf modify 1 from 0 to 1024 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 noprompt
Controllers found: 1 
Reconfiguring logical device: LogicalDrv 0 

Command completed successfully.

Function

Sets consistency check parameters.

Format

arcconf consistencycheckcontroller_idperiod time

Parameters

Usage Guidelines

None

Example

# Set the frequency of performing automatic consistency checks to 10 days.

domino:~# ./arcconf consistencycheck 1 period 10
Controllers found: 1 
Setting the period will automatically turn on backgroud consistency check. 

Are you sure you want to continue? 
Press y, then ENTER to continue or press ENTER to abort: y 

Command completed successfully.

Function

Enable and disable the NCQ function.

Format

arcconf setncqcontroller_id state

Parameters

Usage Guidelines

None

Example

# Enable the NCQ function.

domino:~# ./arcconf setncq 1 enable
Controllers found: 1 

WARNING : NCQ setting changes will be reflected only after next power cycle. 

Command completed successfully.

Function

Set a drive as a pass-through drive so that the OS can directly manage the drive.

Format

arcconf uninitcontroller_id channel_id slot_id

Parameters

Usage Guidelines

None

Example

# Set the drive in slot 3 as a pass-through drive.

domino:~# ./arcconf uninit 1 0 3
Controllers found: 1 

1 device(s) uninitialized. 

Command completed successfully.

Function

Turn on and off the UID indicator of a specified drive.

Format

arcconf identify controller_iddevice channel_id slot_id

Parameters

Usage Guidelines

None

Example

# Turn on the UID indicator of the drive in slot 3.

domino:~# ./arcconf identify 1 device 0 3
Controllers found: 1 
The specified device(s) is/are blinking. 
Press any key to stop the blinking. 

Command completed successfully.

Function

Query detailed information about RAID controller cards, physical drives, and virtual drives.

Format

arcconf getconfig controller_id <ad | ld ld_id | pd channel_id slot_id | mc | al>

Parameters

Usage Guidelines

None

Example

# Query controller properties.

domino:~# ./arcconf getconfig 1 ad
Controllers found: 1 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Controller information 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
   Controller Status                     : Optimal 
   Controller Mode                       : RAID (Expose RAW) 
   Channel description                   : SAS/SATA 
   Controller Model                      : PM8068-RAID 
   Controller Serial Number              : 123A456B789 
   Controller World Wide Name            : 5E0247F95EEF7000 
   Controller Alarm                      : Enabled 
   Physical Slot                         : 6 
.................     

Function

Query the status of a hard drive.

Format

arcconf getconfig controller_id <pd>

Parameters

Usage Guidelines

None

Example

# Query the status of a hard drive.

domino:~# ./arcconf getconfig 1 pd

Device #2---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Device is a Hard drive 
   State                                 : Global Hot-Spare 
   Block Size                            : Bytes 
   Supported                             : Yes 
   Programmed Max Speed                  : SATA 6.0 Gb/s 
   Transfer Speed                        : SATA 12.0 Gb/s 
   Reported Channel,Device(T:L)          : 0,1(11:0) 
   Reported Location                     : Enclosure 0, Slot 3(Connector 0, Connector 1 ) 
   Reported ESD(T:L)                     : 2,0(0:0) 
   Vendor                                : ATA 
   Model                                 : INTEL SSDSC2BX01 
   Firmware                              : 0150 
   Serial Number                         : BTHC445301D81P6PGN 
   Reserved Size                         : 435480 KB 
   Used Size                             : 1525760 MB 
   Unused Size                           : 64 KB 
   Total Size                            : 1526185 MB 
   Write Cache                           : Enabled (write-back) 
   FRU                                   : None 
   S M A R T                             : NO 
   S M A R T  warnings                   : 0 
   Power States                          : Full RPM 

The command output Reported Channel,Device(T:L):0,1(11:0) shows that the channel ID is 11 and the device ID is 0.