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Getting Started with the Command
Line Utility
In this chapter...
Installing the Command Line Utility ...................................................................................... 9
Installing Remote ARCCONF................................................................................................ 11
Starting the Command Line Utility ...................................................................................... 16
This chapter explains how your Adaptec
®
by PMC
™
RAID controllers support the use of the
ARCCONF command line utility.
This utility allows you to:
● Create and delete logical drives
● Display and modify configuration settings
● Copy configurations from one computer to another
● Recover from a failed physical device and rebuild an affected logical drive
● Flash new firmware and BIOS onto the controller
● Enable the controller to check the removal and connection of any disk drives
● Automatically update Windows drivers
● Provides access to the status and event logs of a controller
● Isolate problems and determine their causes