Reference Guide

Contents
1 About The Command Line Interface.................................................................. 15
How To Use The Command Line Interface....................................................................................... 16
Usage Notes...................................................................................................................................16
CLI Commands..............................................................................................................................16
Command Line Parameters.......................................................................................................... 18
Formatting Considerations................................................................................................................. 22
Detailed Error Reporting..................................................................................................................... 22
Exit Status............................................................................................................................................ 23
Usage Examples.................................................................................................................................. 24
2 About The Script Commands...............................................................................27
Script Command Structure.................................................................................................................28
Script Command Synopsis..................................................................................................................29
Recurring Syntax Elements.................................................................................................................30
Usage Guidelines.................................................................................................................................35
Adding Comments To A Script File.................................................................................................... 35
3 Configuring A Storage Array................................................................................37
Configuring A Storage Array............................................................................................................... 37
Determining What Is On Your Storage Array............................................................................... 38
Saving A Configuration To A File.................................................................................................. 39
Using The Create Virtual Disk Command.................................................................................... 40
Using The Auto Configure Command......................................................................................... 43
Modifying Your Configuration............................................................................................................44
Setting The Storage Array Password............................................................................................ 45
Setting Up SMTP And SNMP Alerts...............................................................................................45
Setting The RAID Controller Module Clocks............................................................................... 46
Setting The Storage Array Host Type........................................................................................... 46
Setting Modification Priority......................................................................................................... 46
Assigning Global Hot Spares.........................................................................................................47
Selecting The Event Levels For Alert Notifications.......................................................................47
Configuring Alert Notifications.....................................................................................................48
4 Using The Snapshot Feature................................................................................ 51
Before Using Snapshot CLI Commands............................................................................................. 51
Snapshot Images And Groups.............................................................................................................51
Snapshot Groups And Snapshot Consistency Groups...................................................................... 52
Snapshot Groups...........................................................................................................................52