MLXCTL(8)               NetBSD System Manager's Manual               MLXCTL(8)

NAME
     mlxctl - Mylex DAC960 family management utility

SYNOPSIS
     mlxctl [-f dev] [-v] [-a] status [drive] [...]
     mlxctl [-f dev] [-a] detach [drive] [...]
     mlxctl [-f dev] [-a] check [drive] [...]
     mlxctl [-f dev] rebuild channel:target
     mlxctl [-f dev] cstatus
     mlxctl [-f dev] rescan
     mlxctl [-f dev] config

DESCRIPTION
     The mlxctl utility performs status monitoring and management functions
     for Mylex DAC960 RAID controllers and attached devices.

     The following options are available:

     -a       Apply the action to all drives attached to the controller.

     -f dev   Specify the control device to use.  The default is /dev/mlx0.

     -v       Incresed verbosity.

     The following commands are available:

     cstatus  Display the controller's current status.

     status   Display the status of the specified drives.  This command re-
              turns 0 if all drives tested are online, 1 if one or more drives
              are critical and 2 if one or more are offline.

     rescan   Re-scan the logical drive table, and attach or detach devices
              from the system as necessary.

     detach   Detach the specified drives.  Drives must be unmounted and un-
              opened for this command to succeed.

     check    Initiate a consistency check and repair pass on a drive that
              provides redundancy (eg. RAID1 or RAID5).  This command returns
              immediately.  The status command can be used to monitor the
              progress of the check.

     rebuild  Rebuild onto the specified physical drive.  Note that there can
              be only one running rebuild operation per controller at any giv-
              en time.  This command returns immediately.  The cstatus command
              can be used to monitor the progress of the rebuild.

     config   Write the current system drive configuration to stdout.

EXAMPLES
     Display the status of drive ld3 attached to the controller mlx1:

           mlxctl -f /dev/mlx1 -v status ld3

SEE ALSO
     ld(4), mlx(4)

HISTORY
     The mlxctl command first appeared in NetBSD 1.5.3.

AUTHORS
     The mlxctl command was written by Micheal Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>, and
     appeared in FreeBSD under the guise of mlxcontrol.  It was modified for
     NetBSD by Andrew Doran <ad@netbsd.org>.

BUGS
     Modifying drive configuration is not yet supported.

     The cstatus and config commands don't work with all firmware revisions.

     Error log extraction is not yet supported.

NetBSD 1.5.3_RC1                April 10, 2000                               2