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mpt-status(8)


NAME

   mpt-status - retrieve configuration and health status from LSI hardware
   RAID controllers

SYNOPSIS

   mpt-status [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

   The  mpt-status  software  is  a  query  tool  to  access  the  running
   configuration  and  status  of LSI SCSI HBAs.  mpt-status allows you to
   monitor the health and status of your RAID setup.

OPTIONS

      --autoload
          This will try to automatically load the mptctl kernel module.

   -u --controller <int>
          Set the IOC unit (controller).

   -h --help
          Print some help information.

   -n --newstyle
          Use the new style  output.  This  parameter  was  introduced  to
          retain  backwards  compatibility.  If  not  set, you get the old
          style output.  It is very likely that the output of the newstyle
          format  will  change heavily in the future, so do not rely on it
          when writing plugins for monitoring software, for example.

   -i --set_id <int>
          Set id of primary device (check README).

   -p --probe_id
          Use this to probe SCSI id's when not on id 0.

   -q --quiet
          Do not display any warnings.

   -s --status_only
          Only print the status information. This can  be  used  for  easy
          scripting

   -v --verbose
          Print verbose information, such as warnings

   -V --version
          Print version information

   -d --debug [<int>]
          Enable  debugging  and  set level optionally.  NOTE: This is not
          fully implemented yet.

DIAGNOSTICS

   The program's exit(2) status is meant to be interpreted as a bit  mask.
   If  everything went well, zero is returned. If not (i.e. if for example
   an error or unknown condition is detected),  the  bits  of  the  return
   value shall be interpreted as:

   Bit   Value   Meaning
   
     0       1   Abnormal condition / unknown error
     1       2   A logical volume has failed
     2       4   A logical volume is degraded
     3       8   A logical volume is resyncing
     4      16   At least one physical disk failed
     5      32   At least one physical disk is in warning condition

REPORTING BUGS

   Report  bugs  to  your  linux  distribution or software vendor, if mpt-
   status was bundled on your installation. If  you  have  been  compiling
   mpt-status  from  the vanilla sources and experience problems, redirect
   them to preferably <ratz@drugphish.ch> or <rnibali@pyx.ch>.

BUGS

   Besides design bugs, gross software engineering and  missing  features,
   this software is considered pretty stable and can be used in production
   environments.

FILES

   /dev/mptctl

SEE ALSO

   LSI Logic provides CLI tools for megaraid  controllers  which  you  can
   find           on           their           webpage,          following
   http://www.lsil.com/cm/DownloadSearch.do

AUTHOR

   mpt-status was written by Roberto Nibali <ratz@drugphish.ch>.

   This    manual    page    was     written     by     Steffen     Joeris
   <steffen.joeris@skolelinux.de>, for the Debian project (but may be used
   by others).

                             November 2006                   MPT-STATUS(8)



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