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SHOW CONTROLLER

Displays information about the specified controller. If the controller name is not provided, then information of all the connected controllers is displayed.

The SHOW CONTROLLER command is synonymous with the SHOW ADAPTER command.

Note
If the context is set to a specific controller and the controller name is not provided, then SHOW CONTROLLER displays information about only the controller to which the context is set.

Format

SHOW CONTROLLER (controller_name:) / <qualifiers> controller_name:

Parameters

controller_name:

Qualifiers

/BUS

Displays the bus number of the controller.

/BRIEF

Displays limited information about the controller.

/DEFAULT

Displays information about the default controller.

/NODEFAULT

Displays information about all the controllers.

/FULL

Displays extensive information about the controller.

/REVISION

Displays the firmware version of the controller, along with the default information for the controller.

/SUBSYSTEM

Displays the subsystem ID of the controller.

/VERBOSE

Provides logging that can be interpreted by engineering.

Example


                MSA> SHOW CONTROLLER 
 
                A default controller is not set.  All matching controllers 
                displayed 
 
                Controller: _$1$GGA201: 
                MSA1000     (c) COMPAQ      P56350B9IN2021 Software 4.42 
                Controller Identifer: 201 
                NODE_ID = 500805f3-0001b660 
                SCSI_VERSION = SCSI-3 
                Supported Redundancy Mode: Active/Standby 
                Current Redundancy mode: Active/Standby 
                Current Role: Standby 
                Device Port SCSI address 6 
                Host Port_1: 
                     REPORTED PORT_ID = 500805f3-0001b669 
                     PORT_1_TOPOLOGY = Not available to this program 
                Cache: 
                    102 megabyte read cache   154 megabyte write cache 
                    Cache is GOOD, and Cache is enabled. 
                    No unflushed data in cache. 
                Battery: 
                    Battery is fully charged. 
 
 
                Controller: _$1$GGA300: 
                MSA CONTROLLER   (c) HP      P56350GX3QN152 Software 6.72 
                Controller Identifier: 300 
                NODE_ID = 500508b3-00905ed0 
                SCSI_VERSION = SCSI-3 
                Supported Redundancy Mode: Asym Active/Active  Active/Standby 
                    Current Redundancy mode: Asymmetrical Active/Active 
                    Current Role: Active 
                    Device Port SCSI address 7 
                Host Port_1: 
                    REPORTED PORT_ID = 500508b3-00905ed1 
                    PORT_1_TOPOLOGY = Not available to this program 
                Cache: 
                    128 megabyte read cache   128 megabyte write cache 
                    Cache is GOOD, and Cache is enabled. 
                    No unflushed data in cache. 
                Battery: 
                    Battery is fully charged. 
 
 
                Controller: _$1$GGA301: 
                MSA CONTROLLER   (c) HP      P56350GX3QN0FS Software 6.72 
                Controller Identifier: 301 
                NODE_ID = 500508b3-00905ed0 
                SCSI_VERSION = SCSI-3 
                Supported Redundancy Mode: Asym Active/Active  Active/Standby 
                   Current Redundancy mode: Asymmetrical Active/Active 
                   Current Role: Active 
                   Device Port SCSI address 6 
                Host Port_1: 
                   REPORTED PORT_ID = 500508b3-00905ed9 
                   PORT_1_TOPOLOGY = Not available to this program 
                Cache: 
                   128 megabyte read cache   128 megabyte write cache 
                   Cache is GOOD, and Cache is enabled. 
                   No unflushed data in cache. 
                Battery: 
                   Battery is fully charged. 
 
 
                Controller: _$1$GGA1002: 
                MSA1000    (c) COMPAQ       P56350A9IMN06M Software 4.42 
                Controller Identifier: 1002 
                NODE_ID = 500805f3-0001b660 
                SCSI_VERSION = SCSI-3 
                Supported Redundancy Mode: Active/Standby 
                   Current Redundancy mode: Active/Standby 
                   Current Role: Active 
                   Device Port SCSI address 7 
                Host Port_1: 
                   REPORTED PORT_ID = 500805f3-0001b661 
                   PORT_1_TOPOLOGY = Not available to this program 
                Cache: 
                   102 megabyte read cache   154 megabyte write cache 
                   Cache is GOOD, and Cache is enabled. 
                   No unflushed data in cache. 
                Battery: 
                   Battery is fully charged. 
 
 
                Adapter: _PKD0: 
                SA6400      (c) HP       P57820FDAPHJE7 Software 1.92 
                SCSI_VERSION = X3.131:1994 (SCSI-2) 
                Not currently Redundant 
                Current Role: Active 
                (No redundant controller installed) 
                Cache: 
                   128 megabyte read/write cache 
                   Cache is not configured, and Cache is disabled. 
                   No unflushed data in cache. 
                Battery: 
                    Battery is not fully charged. 
 
                Adapter: _PKE0: 
                SA6400 EM     (c) HP      P577C0EDAPH3JK Software 1.92 
                SCSI_VERSION = X3.131:1994 (SCSI-2) 
                Not currently Redundant 
                Current Role: Active 
                (No redundant controller installed) 
                Cache: 
                    128 megabyte read/write cache 
                    Cache is not configured, and Cache is disabled. 
                    No unflushed data in cache. 
                Battery: 
                    Battery is not fully charged.

This command displays information about all the controllers because a default controller has not been set.

SHOW DISKS

Displays the following information on all available physical disks: disk number, enclosure bus number and ID, disk size, unit created on the disk, and disks assigned as spares.

Note
SHOW DISK <disk_n> can be used to view information of a particular disk, where disk_n is the disk number. Disks are identified by their corresponding SCSI bus and SCSI IDs for all the controllers. For SAS controllers, internally connected disks are numbered based on their bay numbers and externally connected disks are numbered based on combination of their box number and bay number as "disk_n" = box Number *100 + bay number".

For the Smart Array P400 series of controllers, the target ID, connector, and bay are also displayed.

Format

SHOW DISKS / <qualifiers>

Parameters

None

Qualifiers

/AVAILABLE

Lists all the disks on which there are no units configured.

/ENCLOSURE

Displays all the disks connected to a particular enclosure. 


SHOW DISKS/ENCLOSURE = <enclosure_n>

Note
/ENCLOSURE qualifier is supported only for SAS controllers.

/FULL

Displays the drive model and the drive serial number in addition to the disk information.

Note
For the Smart Array P400 series of controllers, the following information is displayed: 


Connector Location 
Connector 
Enclosure 
Bay 
WWID 
Device Type 
Disk Capacity 
Device Status 
Device Vendor ID 
Device Product ID 
Device Serial Number 
Device Firmware Version 
Reserved Area (cfg/status information) 
Block Size (bytes/sector) 
M&P Data Stamped 
Last Failure Reason 
Physical Disk Flags

/MEMBER

Displays the disks on which the units are configured.

/SPARE

Displays the disks that are configured as spares for logical units.

/VERBOSE

Provides logging that can be interpreted by engineering.

Examples

#1 

MSA> SHOW DISKS

This command displays information about all available disks.

#2 

MSA> SHOW DISK/SPARE 
MSA> SHOW DISK/AVAILABLE

These commands display information about designated spare disks and all available disks on which no units are configured.

#3 

MSA> SHOW DISK 1

For SAS controllers, the output of SHOW DISK command will be similar to the following: 


SAS device                  [Disk] 
Disk 1: bus: 1, Target id: 7, Port: 3I, 
Box/Enclosure: 1, Bay: 1, 
size 68.37 [73.41]GB 
Disk 1, # 0, size 14329984 blocks, 
(6.83 [7.34] GB), Unit 3. 
Disk 1, # 1, size 128979218 blocks, 
(61.50 [66.04] GB), Unused. 
MSA>

#4 

MSA> SHOW DISK 201

For SATA controllers, the output of SHOW DISK command will be similar to the following: 


SATA device                  [Disk] 
Disk 201: bus: 1, Target id: 8, Port: 2E, 
Box/Enclosure: 2, Bay: 1, 
size 149.05 [160.04]GB 
Disk 201, # 0, size 312516272 blocks, 
(149.02 [160.01] GB), Unused. 
MSA>

#5 

MSA> SHOW DISK 201

For all other controllers, the output of SHOW DISK command will be similar to the following: 


SAS device                      [Disk] 
Disk 9: bus: 1, Target id: 9, Port: 1E, 
Box/Enclosure: 2, Bay: 5,  size 68.37 [73.41]GB 
Disk 9, # 0, size 2096640 blocks, 
(1023.75 [1073.48] MB), Unit 1. 
Disk 9, # 1, size 1397664 blocks, 
(682.45 [715.60] MB), Unit 2. 
Disk 9, # 2, size 1044256 blocks, 
(509.89 [534.66] MB), Unit 3. 
Disk 9, # 3, size 1048320 blocks, 
(511.88 [536.74] MB), Unit 4. 
Disk 9, # 4, size 137722322 blocks, 
(65.67 [70.51] GB), Unused. 
MSA>

#6 

MSA> SHOW DISKS/ENCLOSURE

SHOW GLOBALS

Displays the following global parameters for the specified controller: system name, rebuild and expand-priority settings, and read and write cache settings.

Format

SHOW GLOBALS / <qualifiers>

Parameters

None

Qualifiers

/BRIEF

Displays the global parameters information about the controller.

/FULL

Displays the WWID information in addition to the global parameters.

/VERBOSE

Provides logging that can be interpreted by engineering.

Examples

#1 

MSA> SHOW GLOBALS 
Global Parameters: 
System Name: ABC 
Rebuild Priority: high 
Expand Priority: high 
Total Cache: 256MB 
50% Read Cache: 128 MB 
50% Write Cache: 128 MB

This command displays the global parameters for the controller.

#2 

MSA> SHOW GLOBALS/FULL 
MSA> SHOW GLOBALS/BRIEF

These commands display the WWID parameters and the global parameters for the controller.

SHOW PROFILE

Displays all the profile names.

Format

SHOW PROFILE [profile_name] / <qualifiers> profile_name

Parameters

profile_name

Displays the specifed profile name.

Qualifiers

/VERBOSE

Provides logging that can be interpreted by engineering.

Example


MSA> SHOW PROFILE

This command displays all profile names.

SHOW OTHER_CONTROLLER

Display information about the controller. The state of this controller can be either ACTIVE or STANDBY.

This is not supported on Smart Array controllers.

Format

SHOW OTHER_CONTROLLER

SHOW THIS_CONTROLLER

Displays information about the controller to which the context is set. The state of this controller can be either ACTIVE or STANDBY.

This command applies to both Smart Array and MSA1000/MSA1500 series of controllers.

Format

SHOW THIS_CONTROLLER

SHOW UNIT

Displays the following information for the specified unit:

Format

SHOW UNIT

SHOW UNITS

Displays information about all the logical volumes configured on the controller.

Note
From the command-line interface of MSA1000/MSA1500 controllers, if ACLs are enabled for the units with respect to the connections (HBAs to which these controllers are connected), then only those corresponding UNITs are visible to the respective HBAs.

After the ACLs are enabled, if you create any units on these controllers (from either CLI or MSA$UTIL), then you must set the ACLs explictly in order for these units to be visible.

Format

SHOW UNITS <unit_n> / <qualifiers> unit_n

Parameters

unit_n

The unit number can range from 0 to 31.

Qualifiers

/BRIEF

Displays information about the unit.

/FULL

Displays the physical configuration information of the unit in addition to the unit information.

/VERBOSE

Provides logging that can be interpreted by engineering.

Example


MSA> SHOW UNIT 0/FULL 
MSA> SHOW UNIT 1/BRIEF

These commands display the physical configuration of the unit as well as the unit information.

SHOW VERSION

Displays the MSA$UTIL version number.

Format

SHOW VERSION / <qualifiers>

Parameters

None

Qualifiers

/FULL

Displays the WWID, firmware version, and controller revision information in addition to the MSA$UTIL version.

/VERBOSE

Provides logging that can be interpreted by engineering.

Example


MSA> SHOW VERSION/FULL

This command displays displays the WWID, firmware version, controller revision information, and the MSA$UTIL version.

START RECOVER

Initiates the REBUILD operation for all the units configured in the disk group sequentially.

Note that "hiding" the insertion of a new disk from the controller can result in the rebuild operation not starting automatically, even if the controller can detect hot-plug events (such as when connected to an MSA30). Removing a disk while the host system is running, and replacing the disk while the host system is powered off, effectively hides the insertion. The START RECOVER command initiates the rebuild operation in such scenarios also.

This command is supported on both OpenVMS Alpha and OpenVMS Integrity server platforms.

Note
For additional information about rebuilding volumes, see the SCAN ALL command.

Format

START RECOVER

Parameters

None

Qualifiers

None

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