CAUTION:
Performing a low-level format on a hard disk drive results in the destruction of all
data stored on that disk drive. The operation cannot and should not be interrupted; doing so may
result in irreparable damage to the hard disk drive.
Operation
Unless you include <no prompt> on the command line, warning messages display. You are
required to properly answer a series of prompts or the command aborts. The answers are case
sensitive and must be entered in upper case.
This command will not complete and return to a shell prompt until the format operation is complete.
Depending on the capacity and model of disk drive, this can take a considerable amount of time.
STATUS
The
STATUS
command displays the status of any volume synchronization operation that is
currently in progress on the controller.
Syntax
cfggen <controller #> status
Parameters
<controller #>
A SAS controller number between 0 and 255.
Operation
If no volume synchronization is in progress,
CFGIR
prints a message so indicating before exiting.
The
STATUS
command adds the Inactive flag to the Volume State field, if the volume is marked
as inactive by the controller firmware.
Sample Output
The following is an example of the status information returned when a volume resynchronization
is in progress.
Background command progress status for controller 0...
IR Volume 1
Current operation
: None
Volume ID
: 2
Volume status
: Enabled
Volume state
: Optimal
Physical disk I/Os
: Not quiesced
The status fields in the data displayed can take on the following values:
Current operation
Synchronize or None
Volume status
Enabled or Disabled
Volume state
Inactive] Optimal, Degraded or Failed
Physical disk I/Os
Quiesced or Not quiesced
ENABLEIR
The
ENABLEIR
command turns on IR functionality on a SAS controller. To accomplish the
enabling, clear the
MPI_IOUNITPAGE1_DISABLE_IR
bit in the
IO Unit 1 MPT Configuration
page.
Syntax
cfggen <controller #> enableir
Parameters
<controller #>
A SAS controller number between 0 and 255.
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