array-info(1)

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💖 array-info(1) — the manual, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let's talk about array-info(1) because this little tool is genuinely iconic and you're gonna be obsessed.

✨ NAME ✨

array-info — check the status of a HP (Compaq) SmartArray controller 🫶

like. that's the whole vibe. it's the vibe check for your RAID controller.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

array-info -d array_device_path [-a|-l|-A|-c|-s|-L|-h]

that's it. that's the whole incantation. give it a device path, pick a flag, and it spills the tea ☕

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so array-info is a command line tool that goes and retrieves informations and logical drives status from several RAID controllers — currently HP Compaq IDA and CISS and MD. yes, all three. it's multi-talented. main character energy fr.

and what does it show you? everything. it displays informations about:

  • the firmware version
  • the Rom revision
  • the number of physical and logical drives on the controller

and then, for each logical drive, it also tells you:

  • the fault tolerance
  • the size
  • the number of physical disks
  • the status

literally the whole gossip session about your storage. no cap. 💅

👑 OPTIONS 👑

okay this is the part where you pick your fighter. one bullet per option, all of them, don't skip, I see you 👀

  • --device, -d — Path to array device, e.g. /dev/ida/c0d0 or /dev/cciss/c0d1. this one is basically mandatory, it's how the tool knows which controller you're talking about 💖
  • --all-drives, -a — Show informations about all drives. every single one. no favorites, no skipping 🎀
  • --logical drive, -l — Show informations about selected logical drive. just the one you chose, like a spotlight ✨
  • --show-ctrl, -c — Show informations about controller. the controller itself, the boss, the mothership 👑
  • --show-logical, -L — Show informations about logical drives. (yes, capital L, lowercase l is a different option, they are not the same, do not confuse them, I'm begging 😭)
  • --show-physical, -p — Show physical device informations. the actual hardware, the real ones 🦋
  • --show-status, -s — Show status of logical drives. are we slaying or are we struggling 🌸
  • --show-all, -A — Show all informations. go big or go home, capital A, all of it 🔥
  • --version, -V — Show version. capital V bestie, lowercase -v is not a thing here 🙈
  • -h — Show help about options. when in doubt, ask for help, no shame in it 💜
ngl the flag situation is a little chaotic — -a and -A are different, -l and -L are different, -s is status but -S doesn't exist, and -p shows up in the option list even though the synopsis doesn't list it. that's just how it is. respect the lore. 🧚

This manual page was written by Raphaël Pinson <<raphink@ubuntu.com>>.

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. slay, honestly. open source rights, periodt. 💖

and that's the whole page bestie!! 🌈 this one's dated 2006-12-15 and it lives under the manual name array-info(1) — so like, shoutout to the 2006 era for giving us this, and shoutout to you for reading all the way to the end. mwah. 🎀💅✨

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