AMCC 9500S User Manual

Chapter 1. Introduction to the 3ware Command Line Interface

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Working with 3ware CLI

You can work with the 3ware CLI in different ways:

Interactively, entering commands at the main prompt

As a series of single commands

By creating a script—an input file with multiple commands

The next few topics shows examples of these different methods. 
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Examples shown in the CLI Syntax Reference chapter reflect the interactive 
method.

Using the command interface interactively

You can use 3ware CLI interactively, entering commands at the main prompt 
and observing the results on the screen.

1

Enter the following command:

# tw_cli

The main prompt is displayed, indicating that the program is awaiting a 
command.

//localhost> 

2

At the CLI prompt, you can enter commands to show or act on 3ware 
controllers, units, and drives.

For example, 

//localhost> show

displays all controllers in the system and shows details about them, like 
this:

Ctl  Model   Ports  Drives Units NotOpt RRate  VRate  BBU

------------------------------------------------------------

c0   9650SE-4  4      4      1    0      3       5  TESTING

c1   7500-12   12     8      3    1      2       -       -