Downloading the MagaCLI Tool

1. Log in to the MagaCLI download page at the BROADCOM website.
2. download the latest MagaCLI tool.
3. Decompress the downloaded package to obtain the tool packages applicable to different OSs.

Installing the MagaCLI Tool

The installation of the MagaCLI tool varies with the OS you use. The following uses Windows, Linux, and VMware as examples.

The MagaCLI tool for LSI SoftRAID is MegaCLI64.

• To install MagaCLI on Windows, perform the following steps:
  1. Upload the tool package for Windows to the server OS.
  2. Open the command line tool.
  3. Use the command line tool to go to the directory where the MagaCLI tool package is located.

     The MagaCLI tool can be used to run the RAID controller card commands without installation.

• To install MagaCLI on Linux, perform the following steps:
  1. Use a file transfer tool (for example, PuTTY) to upload the MagaCLI tool package to the server OS.
  2. Run the rpm -ivh MegaCli -xxx.rpm command to install MagaCLI.

     You can run the RAID controller card commands after the installation is complete.

• To install MagaCLI on the VMware OS, perform the following steps:
  1. Use a file transfer tool (for example, PuTTY) to upload the MagaCLI tool package to the server OS.
  2. Run the esxcli software vib install -v=vmware-xxx-MagaCLI.vib command to install the MagaCLI tool.

     You can run the RAID controller card commands after the installation is complete.