AMCC 9590SE-4ME User Manual

Chapter 1. Introduction to the 3ware Command Line Interface

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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   9590SE-4  4      4      1    0      3       5  TESTING

Using a single command with output

You can use 3ware CLI with line arguments, processing a single command at 
a time. To do so, simply enter the command and the arguments.

Single commands can be useful when you want to perform a task such as 
redirecting the output of the command to a file. It also allows you to use the 
command line history to eliminate some typing. 

tw_cli <command line arguments>

tw_cli /c0 show diag > /tmp/3w_diag.out