mlxcontrol.8 (ddf48d5ff5795ef65f3520e95ef1cd6be9258e19) mlxcontrol.8 (1cfb436ae6614dcd7ad460ea058b3da147577379)
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67driver.
68.Pp
69Controller names are of the form "mlxN"
70where N is the unit number of the controller.
71Drive names are of the form "mlxdN"
72where N is the unit number of the drive.
73Do not specify the path to a device node.
74.Pp
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67driver.
68.Pp
69Controller names are of the form "mlxN"
70where N is the unit number of the controller.
71Drive names are of the form "mlxdN"
72where N is the unit number of the drive.
73Do not specify the path to a device node.
74.Pp
75.Bl -tag -width status
75.Bl -tag -width rebuild
76.It status
77Print the status of controllers and system drives.
78If one or more drives are specified,
79only print information about these drives,
80otherwise print information
81about all controllers and drives in the system.
82With the
83.Fl v

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103If the
104.Fl a
105flag is supplied, detach all system drives from the nominated controller.
106.It check
107Initiate a consistency check and repair pass on a redundant system drive
108(eg. RAID1 or RAID5).
109The controller will scan the system drive and repair any inconsistencies.
110This command returns immediately;
76.It status
77Print the status of controllers and system drives.
78If one or more drives are specified,
79only print information about these drives,
80otherwise print information
81about all controllers and drives in the system.
82With the
83.Fl v

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103If the
104.Fl a
105flag is supplied, detach all system drives from the nominated controller.
106.It check
107Initiate a consistency check and repair pass on a redundant system drive
108(eg. RAID1 or RAID5).
109The controller will scan the system drive and repair any inconsistencies.
110This command returns immediately;
111use the
111use the
112.Ar status
113command to monitor the progress of the check.
112.Ar status
113command to monitor the progress of the check.
114.It rebuild
115Requires two arguments,
116.Ar controller
117and
118.Ar physdrive
119as specified in the
120output of the
121.Ar status
122command. All system drives using space on the physical drive
123.Ar physdrive
124are rebuilt, reconstructing all data on the drive.
125Note that each controller can only perform one rebuild at a time. This
126command returns immediately; use the
127.Ar status
128command to monitor the progress of the rebuild.
114.It config
115Print the current configuration from the nominated controller.
116This command will be updated
117to allow addition/deletion of system drives from a configuration
118in a future release.
119.It help
120Print usage information for
121.Ar command .
129.It config
130Print the current configuration from the nominated controller.
131This command will be updated
132to allow addition/deletion of system drives from a configuration
133in a future release.
134.It help
135Print usage information for
136.Ar command .
137.El
122.Sh BUGS
123The
124.Ar config
125command does not yet support modifying system drive configuration.
126.Pp
127Error log extraction is not yet supported.
128.Sh AUTHORS
129The mlxcontrol utility was written by
130.An Michael Smith
131.Aq msmith@FreeBSD.org .
138.Sh BUGS
139The
140.Ar config
141command does not yet support modifying system drive configuration.
142.Pp
143Error log extraction is not yet supported.
144.Sh AUTHORS
145The mlxcontrol utility was written by
146.An Michael Smith
147.Aq msmith@FreeBSD.org .