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)