To Prepare to Use the
pcli
Utility
Note -
If you do not have access to a terminal window with scroll bars, such as the
xterm
or
gnome
windows, you can use the
pcli
pagination feature. This feature enables you to specify a
number of lines to be printed on the screen before pausing, at which time you must hit a key to
continue. For example, the following
pcli
command prints 20 lines at a time to the screen:
{0}
ok
ok cli show page 20
2.
Enter the OBP environment by issuing a break from a remote console.
3.
Use the
show-devs
command to list the device paths on the system and select the
device path for the HBA.
{0} ok
show-devs
<...>
/pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@3/
LSI,mrsas@0
/pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@3/LSI,mrsas@0/disk
/pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@3/LSI,mrsas@1
<...>
4.
Use the
select-dev
command to select the HBA on which the
pcli
commands that
you issue will operate.
{0} ok
“ /pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@3/LSI,mrsas@0” select-dev
You have now selected the HBA upon which all
pcli
commands will operate. This means you
do not need to specify the HBA in any
pcli
command that you issue, unlike with the
storcli
utility. For example, if you issue the
pcli
command,
show
, the command automatically applies
to the selected HBA. However, the equivalent command through the
storcli
utility would
apply only to the card that you specify (the
0
card, as shown here):
SPARC pcli:
{0} ok
cli show
storcli
:
storcli /c0 show
5.
Review the following table for useful
pcli
commands.
pcli Command
Description
cli /c0/eall/sall show
Lists all physical drives.
cli add
Creates a RAID logical drive.
cli /c0/vX del
Deletes a logical drive.
cli /c0/vall show
Displays information about logical drives.
cli show
Displays HBA configuration information.
22
Oracle Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA, Internal: 16 Port and 2 GB Memory Installation Guide For HBA Model
7116970 • September 2017
Summary of Contents for 7116970
Page 2: ......
