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35 .Nd CAM control program
49 .Op Fl u Ar unit_number
72 .Op Fl r Ar reporttype
101 .Aq all | bus Ns Op :target:lun
104 .Aq all | bus Ns Op :target:lun
116 .Aq Fl m Ar page | Fl l
124 .Aq Fl a Ar cmd Op args
125 .Aq Fl c Ar cmd Op args
128 .Op Fl i Ar len Ar fmt
130 .Op Fl o Ar len Ar fmt Op args
141 .Aq all|off|bus Ns Op :target Ns Op :lun
154 .Op Fl D Ar enable|disable
159 .Op Fl T Ar enable|disable
161 .Op Fl W Ar bus_width
190 utility is designed to provide a way for users to access and control the
197 can cause a loss of data and/or system crashes if used improperly.
199 expert users are encouraged to exercise caution when using this command.
200 Novice users should stay away from this utility.
204 utility has a number of primary functions, many of which support an optional
206 A device identifier can take one of three forms:
209 Specify a device name and unit number combination, like "da5" or "cd3".
211 Specify a bus number and target id.
212 The bus number can be determined from
214 .Dq camcontrol devlist .
215 The lun defaults to 0.
217 Specify the bus, target and lun for a device.
221 The device identifier, if it is specified,
223 come immediately after the function name, and before any generic or
224 function-specific arguments.
229 arguments described below will override any device name or unit number
230 specified beforehand.
237 override a specified bus:target or bus:target:lun, however.
241 primary functions support these generic arguments:
244 SCSI command retry count.
245 In order for this to work, error recovery
249 Instruct the kernel to perform generic SCSI error recovery for the given
251 This is needed in order for the retry count
254 Other than retrying commands, the generic error recovery in
255 the code will generally attempt to spin up drives that are not spinning.
256 It may take some other actions, depending upon the sense code returned from
259 Specify the device type to operate on, e.g.\& "da", "cd".
261 SCSI command timeout in seconds.
262 This overrides the default timeout for
264 .It Fl u Ar unit_number
265 Specify the device unit number, e.g.\& "1", "5".
267 Be verbose, print out sense information for failed SCSI commands.
270 Primary command functions:
271 .Bl -tag -width periphlist
273 List all physical devices (logical units) attached to the CAM subsystem.
274 This also includes a list of peripheral drivers attached to each device.
277 argument, SCSI bus number, adapter name and unit numbers are printed as
280 List all peripheral drivers attached to a given physical device (logical
283 Send the SCSI test unit ready (0x00) command to the given device.
286 utility will report whether the device is ready or not.
288 Send a SCSI inquiry command (0x12) to a device.
291 will print out the standard inquiry data, device serial number, and
292 transfer rate information.
293 The user can specify that only certain types of
294 inquiry data be printed:
297 Get the standard inquiry data.
299 Print out the serial number.
300 If this flag is the only one specified,
302 will not print out "Serial Number" before the value returned by the drive.
303 This is to aid in script writing.
305 Print out transfer rate information.
308 Send a ATA identify command (0xec) to a device.
310 Send the SCSI REPORT LUNS (0xA0) command to the given device.
313 will print out the list of logical units (LUNs) supported by the target device.
314 There are a couple of options to modify the output:
317 Just print out a count of LUNs, not the actual LUN numbers.
319 Just print out the LUNs, and don't print out the count.
320 .It Fl r Ar reporttype
321 Specify the type of report to request from the target:
322 .Bl -tag -width 012345678
324 Return the default report.
328 Most targets will support this report if they support the REPORT LUNS
331 Return only well known LUNs.
333 Return all available LUNs.
338 will try to print out LUN numbers in a reasonable format.
339 It can understand the peripheral, flat, LUN and extended LUN formats.
341 Send the SCSI READ CAPACITY command to the given device and display
343 If the device is larger than 2TB, the SCSI READ CAPACITY (16) service
344 action will be sent to obtain the full size of the device.
347 will print out the last logical block of the device, and the blocksize of
349 To modify the output format, use the following options:
352 Just print out the blocksize, not the last block or device size.
353 This cannot be used with
358 Print out the device size in human readable (base 2, 1K == 1024) format.
361 and cannot be used with
366 Print out the device size in human readable (base 10, 1K == 1000) format.
368 Print out the number of blocks in the device instead of the last logical
371 Quiet, print out the numbers only (separated by a comma if
377 Print out the last logical block or the size of the device only, and omit
381 Send the SCSI Start/Stop Unit (0x1B) command to the given device with the
384 Send the SCSI Start/Stop Unit (0x1B) command to the given device with the
387 Send the SCSI Start/Stop Unit (0x1B) command to the given device with the
388 start bit set and the load/eject bit set.
390 Send the SCSI Start/Stop Unit (0x1B) command to the given device with the
391 start bit cleared and the load/eject bit set.
393 Tell the kernel to scan all busses in the system (with the
395 argument), the given bus (XPT_SCAN_BUS), or bus:target:lun
396 (XPT_SCAN_LUN) for new devices or devices that have gone away.
398 may specify a scan of all busses, a single bus, or a lun.
400 on a target is not supported.
402 Tell the kernel to reset all busses in the system (with the
404 argument) or the given bus (XPT_RESET_BUS) by issuing a SCSI bus
405 reset for that bus, or to reset the given bus:target:lun
406 (XPT_RESET_DEV), typically by issuing a BUS DEVICE RESET message after
407 connecting to that device.
408 Note that this can have a destructive impact
411 Send the SCSI READ DEFECT DATA (10) command (0x37) to the given device, and
412 print out any combination of: the total number of defects, the primary
413 defect list (PLIST), and the grown defect list (GLIST).
416 The three format options are:
418 to print out the list as logical blocks,
420 to print out the list in bytes from index format, and
422 to print out the list in physical sector format.
423 The format argument is
425 Most drives support the physical sector format.
427 support the logical block format.
428 Many drives, if they do not support the
429 requested format, return the data in an alternate format, along with sense
430 information indicating that the requested data format is not supported.
434 attempts to detect this, and print out whatever format the drive returns.
435 If the drive uses a non-standard sense code to report that it does not
436 support the requested format,
438 will probably see the error as a failure to complete the request.
440 Print out the grown defect list.
441 This is a list of bad blocks that have
442 been remapped since the disk left the factory.
444 Print out the primary defect list.
453 will print out the number of defects given in the READ DEFECT DATA header
454 returned from the drive.
456 Allows the user to display and optionally edit a SCSI mode page.
458 page formats are located in
459 .Pa /usr/share/misc/scsi_modes .
460 This can be overridden by specifying a different file in the
462 environment variable.
465 command takes several arguments:
468 Disable block descriptors for mode sense.
470 Displays mode page data in binary format.
472 This flag allows the user to edit values in the mode page.
474 either edit mode page values with the text editor pointed to by his
476 environment variable, or supply mode page values via standard input, using
479 uses to display mode page values.
480 The editor will be invoked if
482 detects that standard input is terminal.
484 Lists all available mode pages.
485 .It Fl m Ar mode_page
486 This specifies the number of the mode page the user would like to view
488 This argument is mandatory unless
492 This allows the user to specify the page control field.
494 .Bl -tag -width xxx -compact
506 Allows the user to send an arbitrary ATA or SCSI CDB to any device.
509 function requires the
511 argument to specify SCSI CDB or the
513 argument to specify ATA Command Block registers values.
514 Other arguments are optional, depending on
516 The command and data specification syntax is documented
519 NOTE: If the CDB specified causes data to be transferred to or from the
520 SCSI device in question, you MUST specify either
525 .It Fl a Ar cmd Op args
526 This specifies the content of 12 ATA Command Block registers (command,
527 features, lba_low, lba_mid, lba_high, device, lba_low_exp, lba_mid_exp.
528 lba_high_exp, features_exp, sector_count, sector_count_exp).
529 .It Fl c Ar cmd Op args
530 This specifies the SCSI CDB.
531 SCSI CDBs may be 6, 10, 12 or 16 bytes.
533 Specifies DMA protocol to be used for ATA command.
535 Specifies FPDMA (NCQ) protocol to be used for ATA command.
536 .It Fl i Ar len Ar fmt
537 This specifies the amount of data to read, and how it should be displayed.
541 bytes of data will be read from the device and written to standard output.
542 .It Fl o Ar len Ar fmt Op args
543 This specifies the amount of data to be written to a device, and the data
544 that is to be written.
548 bytes of data will be read from standard input and written to the device.
550 This specifies that 11 result ATA Command Block registers should be displayed
551 (status, error, lba_low, lba_mid, lba_high, device, lba_low_exp, lba_mid_exp,
552 lba_high_exp, sector_count, sector_count_exp), and how.
555 11 result registers will be written to standard output in hex.
558 Turn on CAM debugging printfs in the kernel.
559 This requires options CAMDEBUG
560 in your kernel config file.
561 WARNING: enabling debugging printfs currently
562 causes an EXTREME number of kernel printfs.
563 You may have difficulty
564 turning off the debugging printfs once they start, since the kernel will be
565 busy printing messages and unable to service other requests quickly.
568 function takes a number of arguments:
571 Enable CAM_DEBUG_INFO printfs.
573 Enable CAM_DEBUG_PERIPH printfs.
575 Enable CAM_DEBUG_TRACE printfs.
577 Enable CAM_DEBUG_SUBTRACE printfs.
579 Enable CAM_DEBUG_XPT printfs.
581 Enable CAM_DEBUG_CDB printfs.
582 This will cause the kernel to print out the
583 SCSI CDBs sent to the specified device(s).
585 Enable debugging for all devices.
587 Turn off debugging for all devices
588 .It bus Ns Op :target Ns Op :lun
589 Turn on debugging for the given bus, target or lun.
591 and lun are not specified, they are wildcarded.
592 (i.e., just specifying a
593 bus turns on debugging printfs for all devices on that bus.)
596 Show or set the number of "tagged openings" or simultaneous transactions
597 we attempt to queue to a particular device.
600 command, with no command-specific arguments (i.e., only generic arguments)
601 prints out the "soft" maximum number of transactions that can be queued to
602 the device in question.
603 For more detailed information, use the
605 argument described below.
608 Set the number of tags for the given device.
609 This must be between the
610 minimum and maximum number set in the kernel quirk table.
612 most devices that support tagged queueing is a minimum of 2 and a maximum
614 The minimum and maximum values for a given device may be
615 determined by using the
622 subcommand is described below.
624 Be quiet, and do not report the number of tags.
625 This is generally used when
626 setting the number of tags.
628 The verbose flag has special functionality for the
633 to print out the tagged queueing related fields of the XPT_GDEV_TYPE CCB:
636 This is the amount of capacity for transactions queued to a given device.
638 This is the number of transactions currently queued to a device.
640 This is the kernel queue space for transactions.
641 This count usually mirrors
642 dev_openings except during error recovery operations when
643 the device queue is frozen (device is not allowed to receive
644 commands), the number of dev_openings is reduced, or transaction
647 This is the number of transactions waiting in the kernel queue for capacity
649 This number is usually zero unless error recovery is in
652 The held count is the number of CCBs held by peripheral drivers that have
653 either just been completed or are about to be released to the transport
654 layer for service by a device.
655 Held CCBs reserve capacity on a given
658 This is the current "hard" minimum number of transactions that can be
659 queued to a device at once.
662 value above cannot go below this number.
663 The default value for
665 is 2, although it may be set higher or lower for various devices.
667 This is the "hard" maximum number of transactions that can be queued to a
671 value cannot go above this number.
672 The default value for
674 is 255, although it may be set higher or lower for various devices.
678 Show or negotiate various communication parameters.
680 not support setting or changing some of these values.
682 Adaptec 174x controllers do not support changing a device's sync rate or
687 will not attempt to set the parameter if the controller indicates that it
688 does not support setting the parameter.
689 To find out what the controller
697 command is described below.
698 Also, some controller drivers do not support
699 setting negotiation parameters, even if the underlying controller supports
701 Some controllers, such as the Advansys wide
702 controllers, support enabling and disabling synchronous negotiation for
703 a device, but do not support setting the synchronous negotiation rate.
706 Attempt to make the negotiation settings take effect immediately by sending
707 a Test Unit Ready command to the device.
709 Show or set current negotiation settings.
711 .It Fl D Ar enable|disable
712 Enable or disable disconnection.
716 Set the command delay offset.
718 Be quiet, do not print anything.
719 This is generally useful when you want to
720 set a parameter, but do not want any status information.
722 Change the synchronization rate for a device.
723 The sync rate is a floating
724 point value specified in MHz.
727 is a legal value, as is
729 .It Fl T Ar enable|disable
730 Enable or disable tagged queueing for a device.
732 Show or set user negotiation settings.
733 The default is to show or set
734 current negotiation settings.
736 The verbose switch has special meaning for the
741 to print out the contents of a Path Inquiry (XPT_PATH_INQ) CCB sent to the
743 .It Fl W Ar bus_width
744 Specify the bus width to negotiate with a device.
747 The only useful values to specify are 8, 16, and 32
749 The controller must support the bus width in question in order for
750 the setting to take effect.
753 In general, sync rate and offset settings will not take effect for a
754 device until a command has been sent to the device.
757 switch above will automatically send a Test Unit Ready to the device so
758 negotiation parameters will take effect.
762 FORMAT UNIT command to the named device.
764 .Em WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
766 Low level formatting a disk will destroy ALL data on the disk.
768 extreme caution when issuing this command.
769 Many users low-level format
770 disks that do not really need to be low-level formatted.
772 relatively few scenarios that call for low-level formatting a disk.
774 low-level formatting a disk is to initialize the disk after changing
775 its physical sector size.
776 Another reason for low-level formatting a disk
777 is to revive the disk if you are getting "medium format corrupted" errors
778 from the disk in response to read and write requests.
780 Some disks take longer than others to format.
781 Users should specify a
782 timeout long enough to allow the format to complete.
784 timeout is 3 hours, which should be long enough for most disks.
786 disks will complete a format operation in a very short period of time
787 (on the order of 5 minutes or less).
788 This is often because the drive
789 does not really support the FORMAT UNIT command -- it just accepts the
790 command, waits a few minutes and then returns it.
794 subcommand takes several arguments that modify its default behavior.
799 arguments can be useful for scripts.
802 Be quiet, do not print any status messages.
803 This option will not disable
804 the questions, however.
805 To disable questions, use the
812 This will report status on a format that is already running on the drive.
814 Issue a non-immediate format command.
817 issues the FORMAT UNIT command with the immediate bit set.
819 device to immediately return the format command, before the format has
825 sense information from the device every second to determine how far along
826 in the format process it is.
829 argument is specified,
831 will issue a non-immediate format command, and will be unable to print any
832 information to let the user know what percentage of the disk has been
835 Do not ask any questions.
838 will ask the user if he/she really wants to format the disk in question,
839 and also if the default format command timeout is acceptable.
841 will not be asked about the timeout if a timeout is specified on the
845 Put ATA device into IDLE state. Optional parameter
847 specifies automatic standby timer value in seconds. Value 0 disables timer.
849 Put ATA device into STANDBY state. Optional parameter
851 specifies automatic standby timer value in seconds. Value 0 disables timer.
853 Put ATA device into SLEEP state. Note that the only way get device out of
854 this state may be reset.
856 Print out verbose usage information.
861 variable allows the user to specify an alternate mode page format file.
865 variable determines which text editor
867 starts when editing mode pages.
869 .Bl -tag -width /usr/share/misc/scsi_modes -compact
870 .It Pa /usr/share/misc/scsi_modes
871 is the SCSI mode format database.
873 is the transport layer device.
875 are the CAM application passthrough devices.
878 .Dl camcontrol eject -n cd -u 1 -v
880 Eject the CD from cd1, and print SCSI sense information if the command
883 .Dl camcontrol tur da0
885 Send the SCSI test unit ready command to da0.
888 utility will report whether the disk is ready, but will not display sense
889 information if the command fails since the
891 switch was not specified.
892 .Bd -literal -offset indent
893 camcontrol tur da1 -E -C 4 -t 50 -v
896 Send a test unit ready command to da1.
897 Enable kernel error recovery.
898 Specify a retry count of 4, and a timeout of 50 seconds.
902 flag) if the command fails.
903 Since error recovery is turned on, the
904 disk will be spun up if it is not currently spinning.
907 utility will report whether the disk is ready.
908 .Bd -literal -offset indent
909 camcontrol cmd -n cd -u 1 -v -c "3C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0e 00" \e
910 -i 0xe "s1 i3 i1 i1 i1 i1 i1 i1 i1 i1 i1 i1"
913 Issue a READ BUFFER command (0x3C) to cd1.
914 Display the buffer size of cd1,
915 and display the first 10 bytes from the cache on cd1.
917 information if the command fails.
918 .Bd -literal -offset indent
919 camcontrol cmd -n cd -u 1 -v -c "3B 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0e 00" \e
920 -o 14 "00 00 00 00 1 2 3 4 5 6 v v v v" 7 8 9 8
923 Issue a WRITE BUFFER (0x3B) command to cd1.
924 Write out 10 bytes of data,
925 not including the (reserved) 4 byte header.
926 Print out sense information if
928 Be very careful with this command, improper use may
929 cause data corruption.
930 .Bd -literal -offset indent
931 camcontrol modepage da3 -m 1 -e -P 3
934 Edit mode page 1 (the Read-Write Error Recover page) for da3, and save the
935 settings on the drive.
936 Mode page 1 contains a disk drive's auto read and
937 write reallocation settings, among other things.
939 .Dl camcontrol rescan all
941 Rescan all SCSI busses in the system for devices that have been added,
944 .Dl camcontrol rescan 0
946 Rescan SCSI bus 0 for devices that have been added, removed or changed.
948 .Dl camcontrol rescan 0:1:0
950 Rescan SCSI bus 0, target 1, lun 0 to see if it has been added, removed, or
953 .Dl camcontrol tags da5 -N 24
955 Set the number of concurrent transactions for da5 to 24.
956 .Bd -literal -offset indent
957 camcontrol negotiate -n da -u 4 -T disable
960 Disable tagged queueing for da4.
961 .Bd -literal -offset indent
962 camcontrol negotiate -n da -u 3 -R 20.000 -O 15 -a
965 Negotiate a sync rate of 20MHz and an offset of 15 with da3.
967 Test Unit Ready command to make the settings take effect.
977 utility first appeared in
980 The mode page editing code and arbitrary SCSI command code are based upon
985 library, written by Julian Elischer and Peter Dufault.
988 program first appeared in
990 and first appeared in
995 .An Kenneth Merry Aq ken@FreeBSD.org
997 The code that parses the generic command line arguments does not know that
998 some of the subcommands take multiple arguments.
999 So if, for instance, you
1000 tried something like this:
1001 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1002 camcontrol cmd -n da -u 1 -c "00 00 00 00 00 v" 0x00 -v
1005 The sense information from the test unit ready command would not get
1006 printed out, since the first
1010 bails out when it sees the second argument to
1014 Fixing this behavior would take some gross code, or changes to the
1017 The best way to circumvent this problem is to always make sure
1020 arguments before any command-specific arguments.