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<li class='toclevel-1'><a href="#Dell_PowerEdge_1650.2F2650"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Dell PowerEdge 1650/2650</span></a>
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<li class='toclevel-2'><a href="#Installing_afacli"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Installing afacli</span></a></li>
<li class='toclevel-2'><a href="#Using_afacli"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Using afacli</span></a></li>
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<a name="Dell_PowerEdge_1650.2F2650"></a><h2>Dell PowerEdge 1650/2650</h2>
<p>To check the status and configuration of RAID arrays on Dell PowerEdge 1650 and 2650 servers using AACRAID based controllers, also knows as PERC3/Di, use the "afacli" utility.
</p><p>See <a href="http://linux.dell.com/storage.shtml#aacraid" class='external text' title="http://linux.dell.com/storage.shtml#aacraid" rel="nofollow">Dell Linux Community Web > RAID & Storage</a>
</p><p>Further documentation on afacli, the Dell™ Command Line Interface Reference, is available directly from the Dell website <a href="http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/storage/57kgr/cli/en/index.htm" class='external text' title="http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/storage/57kgr/cli/en/index.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>.
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<a name="Installing_afacli"></a><h3>Installing afacli</h3>
<pre>[root@mailstore1b ~]# <b>cd ~</b>
[root@mailstore1b ~]# <b>wget <a href="ftp://ftp.us.dell.com/scsi-raid/afa-apps-snmp.2807420-A04.tar.gz" class='external free' title="ftp://ftp.us.dell.com/scsi-raid/afa-apps-snmp.2807420-A04.tar.gz" rel="nofollow">ftp://ftp.us.dell.com/scsi-raid/afa-apps-snmp.2807420-A04.tar.gz</a></b>
[root@mailstore1b ~]# <b>tar xzf afa-apps-snmp.2807420-A04.tar.gz</b>
[root@mailstore1b ~]# <b>yum -y install "compat-libstdc++-296"</b>
[root@mailstore1b ~]# <b>rpm -ivh afaapps-4.1-0.i386.rpm</b>
[root@mailstore1b ~]# <b>/dev/MAKEDEV.afa afa0</b>
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If the <b>afacli</b> command errors as follows:
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<pre>FASTCMD> open afa0
Executing: open "afa0"
Command Error: <The requested controller does not exist.>
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<p>Try to re-run the command <b>/dev/MAKEDEV.afa afa0</b> then re-reun the <b>afacli</b> command. If this doesn't work because the <b>/dev/MAKEDEV.afa</b> script isn't present just reinstall the rpm and re-run the command.
</p><p>I think the <b>udev</b> system may be removing the <b>/dev/MAKEDEV.afa</b> script. <b>udev</b> dynamically builds the list of devices present in the system at init.
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<a name="Using_afacli"></a><h3>Using afacli</h3>
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<pre>[root@kebab sdadmin]# afacli
------------------------------------------------------------------------
DELL PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 2 Command Line Interface
Copyright 1998-2002 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved
------------------------------------------------------------------------
FASTCMD>
FASTCMD> open afa0
Executing: open "afa0"
AFA0> controller details
Executing: controller details
Controller Information
----------------------
Remote Computer: .
Device Name: AFA0
Controller Type: PERC 3/Di
Access Mode: READ-WRITE
Controller Serial Number: Last Six Digits = 0430D3
Number of Buses: 2
Devices per Bus: 15
Controller CPU: i960 R series
Controller CPU Speed: 100 Mhz
Controller Memory: 128 Mbytes
Battery State: Ok
Component Revisions
-------------------
CLI: 2.7-1 (Build #4944)
API: 2.7-1 (Build #4944)
Miniport Driver: 1.1-0 Beta (Build #9999)
Controller Software: 2.8-0 (Build #6082)
Controller BIOS: 2.8-0 (Build #6082)
Controller Firmware: (Build #6082)
AFA0>
AFA0> container list /all /full
Executing: container list /all=TRUE /full=TRUE
Num Total Oth Chunk Scsi Partition Creation System
Label Type Size Ctr Size Usage B:ID:L Offset:Size State RO Lk Task Done% Ent Date Time Files
----- ------ ------ --- ------ ------- ------ ------------- ------- -- -- ------- ------ --- ------ -------- ------
0 RAID-5 273GB 32KB Valid 0:00:0 64.0KB: 136GB 0 051904 15:12:04
/dev/sda nas 0:01:0 64.0KB: 136GB 1 051904 15:12:04
0:02:0 64.0KB: 136GB 2 051904 15:12:04
AFA0> close
Executing: close
FASTCMD> exit
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<p>Other useful commands include...
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<pre>open afa0
task list
diagnostic show history /old=TRUE
container show failover
container list /full
disk list /full=TRUE
disk show smart
disk show defects /full (0,0,0)
disk show defects /full (0,1,0)
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