HP Workstation xw6000 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S: Software User's Guide - Page 77

Displaying Disk Information, Using the Command Line Interface

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Using the Command Line Interface Before opening a controller, you may want to use the controller list command to display a list of controllers. In the following example, the Adapter Name column indicates that AAC0 is the name of the controller installed on the computer. The example also indicates the controller's path, which is \\.\ CLI> controller list Executing: controller list Adapter Name Adapter Type ------------ ------------ \\.\AAC0 Adaptec xxxxx Availability -----------read/write Displaying Disk Information The CLI enables you to monitor or manage disk attributes, prepare a disk for use by a controller, and detect defects using the following CLI commands: ■ disk list Disk Attribute: SCSI device ID device type removable media vendor ID product ID revision number number of blocks bytes per block disk usage shared channel Indicates: An ID number assigned to each SCSI device attached to a SCSI channel Whether the device is a disk, printer, scanner, and so on Whether the media is removable (diskette or CD-ROM, for example) Name of a device vendor Device model number Device revision number Total number of disk block available on a device Number of bytes for each block Either MS-DOS, Initialized, Not Initialized, Offline, or Unknown N/A 4-11

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Using the Command Line Interface
Before opening a controller, you may want to use the
controller
list
command to display a list of controllers. In the following
example, the
Adapter Name
column indicates that
AAC0
is the
name of the controller installed on the computer. The example also
indicates the controller’s path, which is
\\.\
CLI> controller list
Executing: controller list
Adapter Name
Adapter Type
Availability
------------
------------
------------
\\.\AAC0
Adaptec xxxxx
read/write
Displaying Disk Information
The CLI enables you to monitor or manage disk attributes, prepare
a disk for use by a controller, and detect defects using the following
CLI commands:
â– 
disk list
Disk Attribute:
Indicates:
SCSI device ID
An ID number assigned to each SCSI device
attached to a SCSI channel
device type
Whether the device is a disk, printer, scanner,
and so on
removable media
Whether the media is removable (diskette or
CD-ROM, for example)
vendor ID
Name of a device vendor
product ID
Device model number
revision number
Device revision number
number of blocks
Total number of disk block available on a
device
bytes per block
Number of bytes for each block
disk usage
Either MS-DOS, Initialized, Not Initialized,
Offline, or Unknown
shared channel
N/A