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SG_SAFTE(8)                                   SG3_UTILS                                  SG_SAFTE(8)

NAME
       sg_safte - access SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosure (SAF-TE) device

SYNOPSIS
       sg_safte  [--config]  [--devstatus]  [--encstatus]  [--flags] [--help] [--hex] [--insertions]
       [--raw] [--usage] [--verbose] [--version] DEVICE

DESCRIPTION
       Fetches enclosure status (via a SCSI READ BUFFER command).  The DEVICE should be a SAF-TE de‐
       vice which may be a storage array controller  (INQUIRY  peripheral  device  type  0xc)  or  a
       generic processor device (INQUIRY peripheral device type 0x3).

       If  no  options are given (only the DEVICE argument) then the overall enclosure status as re‐
       ported by the option --config ®is reported.

OPTIONS
       Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well.  The options are  arranged
       in alphabetical order based on the long option name.

       -c, --config
              will  issues  a  Read  Enclosure  Configuration ®(READ BUFFER ID 0) cdb to the device,
              which returns a list of the enclosure hardware resources.

       -d, --devstatus
              will issue a Read Device Slot Status ®(READ BUFFER ID 4) cdb to the device, which  re‐
              turns information about the current state of each drive or slot.

       -s, --encstatus
              will  issue  a  Read Enclosure Status ®(READ BUFFER ID 1) cdb to the device, which re‐
              turns the operational state of the components.

       -f, --flags
              will issue a Read Global Flags ®(READ BUFFER ID 5) cdb to the device, which  read  the
              most recent state of the global flags of the RAID processor device.

       -h, --help
              output the usage message then exit.

       -H, --hex
              output  the  response  to  a READ BUFFER command in ASCII hex to stdout. If used once,
              output the response to the first READ BUFFER command  (i.e.  with  buffer_id=0).  This
              should  be the enclosure configuration. If used twice (or more often), the response to
              subsequent READ BUFFER commands is output.

       -i, --insertions
              will issue a Read Device Insertions ®(READ BUFFER ID 3) cdb to the device,  which  re‐
              turns information about the number of times devices have been inserted whilst the RAID
              system was powered on.

       -r, --raw
              output the response to a READ BUFFER command in binary to stdout. If used once, output
              the  response to the first READ BUFFER command (i.e. with buffer_id=0). This should be
              the enclosure configuration. If used twice (or more often), the response to subsequent
              READ BUFFER commands is output.

       -u, --usage
              will issue a Read Usage Statistics ®(READ BUFFER ID 2) cdb to the  device,  which  re‐
              turns  the  information  on total usage time and number of power-on cycles of the RAID
              device.

       -v, --verbose
              increase the level of verbosity, (i.e. debug output).

       -V, --version
              print the version string and then exit.

NOTES
       This implementation is based on the intermediate review document  dated  19970414  and  named
       "SR041497.pdf". So it is quite old. Intel and nStor are the authors. Intel have a zip archive
       containing this and related documents in the "SAF-TE: SCSI Accessed Fault Tolerant Enclosures
       Interface Specification" section of this page:

       http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/servers/ipmi/ipmi-technical-resources.html

       Similar  functionality is provided by SPC-4 SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) devices (Peripheral
       device type 0xd), which can be queried with the sg_ses utility.

EXAMPLES
       To view the configuration:

          sg_safte /dev/sg1

       To view the device slot status:

          sg_safte --devstatus /dev/sg1

EXIT STATUS
       The exit status of sg_safte is 0 when it is successful. Otherwise see  the  sg3_utils(8)  man
       page.

AUTHORS
       Written by Hannes Reinecke and Douglas Gilbert.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2004-2016 Hannes Reinecke and Douglas Gilbert
       This software is distributed under a FreeBSD license. There is NO warranty; not even for MER‐
       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       sg_inq, sg_ses (in sg3_utils package); safte-monitor (internet)

sg3_utils-1.43                               April 2016                                  SG_SAFTE(8)