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openSeaChest_Info - manual page for openSeaChest_Info
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openSeaChest_Info - openSeaChest drive utilities - NVMe Enabled Copyright (c) 2014-2024 Seagate
Technology LLC and/or its Affiliates, All Rights Reserved openSeaChest_Info Version: 2.7.0-8_0_1
X86_64 Build Date: Sep 19 2024 Today: 20240925T133706 User: current user
========================================================================================== Usage =====
openSeaChest_Info [-d <sg_device>] {arguments} {options}
Examples ========
openSeaChest_Info --scan openSeaChest_Info -d /dev/sg<#> -i openSeaChest_Info -d /dev/sg<#>
--SATInfo openSeaChest_Info -d /dev/sg<#> --llInfo openSeaChest_Info -d /dev/sg<#>
--showConcurrentRanges openSeaChest_Info -d /dev/sg<#> --deviceStatistics openSeaChest_Info -d
/dev/sg<#> --smartAttributes hybrid openSeaChest_Info -d /dev/sg<#> --showSCSIDefects g
--defectFormat bfi
Return codes ============
Generic/Common exit codes 0 = No Error Found 1 = Error in command line options 2 = Invalid Device
Handle or Missing Device Handle 3 = Operation Failure 4 = Operation not supported 5 = Operation
Aborted 6 = File Path Not Found 7 = Cannot Open File 8 = File Already Exists 9 = Need Elevated
Privileges Anything else = unknown error
Utility Options ===============
--csmiIgnorePort (Obsolete)
This option is obsolete and will be removed in future versions.
--csmiUsePort (Obsolete)
This option is obsolete and will be removed in future versions.
--csmiVerbose (Obsolete)
This option is obsolete and will be removed in future versions.
--echoCommandLine
Echo the command line entered into the utility on the screen.
--enableLegacyUSBPassthrough
Only use this option on old USB or IEEE1394 (Firewire) products that do not otherwise work with
the tool. This option will enable a trial and error method that attempts sending various ATA
Identify commands through vendor specific means. Because of this, certain products that may
respond in unintended ways since they may interpret these commands differently than the bridge
chip the command was designed for.
--forceATA
Using this option will force the current drive to be treated as a ATA drive. Only ATA commands
will be used to talk to the drive.
--forceATADMA
(SATA Only)
Using this option will force the tool to issue SAT commands to ATA device using the protocol set
to DMA whenever possible (on DMA commands). This option can be combined with --forceATA
--forceATAPIO
(SATA Only)
Using this option will force the tool to issue PIO commands to ATA device when possible. This
option can be combined with --forceATA
--forceATAUDMA
(SATA Only)
Using this option will force the tool to issue SAT commands to ATA device using the protocol set
to UDMA whenever possible (on DMA commands). This option can be combined with --forceATA
--forceSCSI
Using this option will force the current drive to be treated as a SCSI drive. Only SCSI commands
will be used to talk to the drive.
-h, --help
Show utility options and example usage (this output you see now) Please report bugs/suggestions to
seaboard@seagate.com. Include the output of --version information in the email.
--license
Display the Seagate End User License Agreement (EULA).
--modelMatch [model Number]
Use this option to run on all drives matching the provided model number. This option will provide
a closest match although an exact match is preferred. Ex: ST500 will match ST500LM0001
--noBanner
Use this option to suppress the text banner that displays each time openSeaChest is run.
--onlyFW [firmware revision]
Use this option to run on all drives matching the provided firmware revision. This option will
only do an exact match.
--onlySeagate
Use this option to match only Seagate drives for the options provided
-q, --quiet
Run openSeaChest_Info in quiet mode. This is the same as -v 0 or --verbose 0
-v [0-4], --verbose [0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4]
Show verbose information. Verbosity levels are: 0 - quiet 1 - default 2 - command descriptions 3 -
command descriptions and values 4 - command descriptions, values, and data buffers Example: -v 3
or --verbose 3
-V, --version
Show openSeaChest_Info version and copyright information & exit
Utility Arguments =================
-d, --device [deviceHandle | all]
Use this option with most commands to specify the device handle on which to perform an operation.
Example: /dev/sg<#> CSMI device handles can be specified as <error<#><#><#>> To run across all
devices detected in the system, use the "all" argument instead of a device handle. Example: -d
all NOTE: The "all" argument is handled by running the
specified options on each drive detected in the
OS sequentially. For parallel operations, please use a script opening a separate instance for each
device handle.
-F, --scanFlags [option list]
Use this option to control the output from scan with the options listed below. Multiple options
can be combined.
ata - show only ATA (SATA) devices
usb - show only USB devices scsi - show only SCSI (SAS) devices nvme - show only NVMe devices
interfaceATA - show devices on an ATA interface interfaceUSB - show devices on a USB interface
interfaceSCSI - show devices on a SCSI or SAS interface interfaceNVME = show devices on an NVMe
interface sd - show sd device handles sgtosd - show the sd and sg device handle mapping ignoreCSMI
- do not scan for any CSMI devices allowDuplicates - allow drives with both CSMI and PD handles
to show up multiple times in the list
-i, --deviceInfo
Show information and features for the storage device
--llInfo
Dump low-level information about the device to assist with debugging.
-s, --scan
Scan the system and list all storage devices with logical /dev/sg<#> assignments. Shows model,
serial and firmware numbers. If your device is not listed on a scan immediately after booting,
then wait 10 seconds and run it again.
-S, --Scan
This option is the same as --scan or -s, however it will also perform a low level rescan to pick
up other devices. This low level rescan may wake devices from low power states and may cause the
OS to re-enumerate them. Use this option when a device is plugged in and not discovered in a
normal scan. NOTE: A low-level rescan may not be available on all interfaces or all OSs. The
low-level rescan is not guaranteed to find additional devices in the system when the device is
unable to come to a ready state.
--SATInfo
Displays SATA device information on any interface using both SCSI Inquiry / VPD / Log reported
data (translated according to SAT) and the ATA Identify / Log reported data.
--testUnitReady
Issues a SCSI Test Unit Ready command and displays the status. If the drive is not ready, the
sense key, asc, ascq, and fru will be displayed and a human readable translation from the SPC spec
will be displayed if one is available.
--fastDiscovery
Use this option
to issue a fast scan on the specified drive.
--csmiInfo
Use this option to show some information reported by the CSMI compliant driver. This includes
driver information, controller information, PHY information, SAS address, and SATA signature as
they were reported by the driver. This information can be useful when troubleshooting CSMI
system/driver compatibility issues.
--deviceStatistics
Use this option to display the device statistics reported by the device. On SATA, this uses the
Device Statistics log, and the notifications log (if DSN feature is supported) to display these
statistics. On SAS, various log pages are read to collect a bunch of reported parameter
information.
--showConcurrentRanges
Use this option to display the concurrent positioning ranges supported by a device. Concurrent
positioning ranges are used to inform which actuator is used for a given range in LBA space.
--partitionInfo
Use this option to look for a partition table and dump the list of partitions on a given disk.
Currently only MBR and GPT partition tables are supported.
SATA Only: ========= --showPhyEvents (SATA Only)
Use this option to display a SATA device's supported event counters.
--smartAttributes [raw | hybrid | analyzed]
(SATA Only)
The drive will display its list of supported SMART attributes. Some attributes names are commonly
standard and most others are vendor unique. In either case, the attribute thresholds are always
vendor unique. Most attributes are informational and not used to determine a warranty return. Use
the --smartCheck command to determine if one of the warranty attributes has been tripped. Seagate
Support does not help to analyze SMART attributes. Output modes:
raw - All hex output for those that need every single bit. hybrid - classic table view with some
interpretation of some
fields. Partial raw interpretation, but not all drive
and firmware combinations are supported.
analyzed - a full breakdown of all parts of each individual
attribute's data. Full raw data interpretation only available on select devices.
NOTE: Migration to device statistics is recommended.
SAS Only: ========= --defectFormat [ # | shortBlock | longBlock | xbfi | xchs | bfi | chs ] (SAS
Only)
This option set the format of the defects to output. Not all drives will support all defect
modes! SSDs will only support block modes! Arguments: (name | #)
shortBlock | 0 - show the defects in short block address mode (drives < 32bit LBA) xbfi | 1
- show the defects in extended bytes from index mode xchs | 2 - show the defects in extended
physical cylinder-head-sector mode longBlock | 3 - show the defects in long block address mode
(drives > 32bit LBA) bfi | 4 - show the defects in bytes from index mode chs | 5 -
show the defects in physical cylinder-head-sector mode
--showSCSIDefects [ p | g | pg ]
(SAS Only)
This option will display the SCSI defects on the screen. The arguments to this will tell whether
to get the grown, primary, or primary and grown defects from the drive. Use the --defectFormat
option to specify the mode to display the defects. If no mode is specified, physical
cylinder-head-sector mode is assumed Arguments:
p - use this option to pull and display the primary (factory) defects g - use this option to pull
and display the grown (reallocated) defects
The above options can be combined to pull and display both defect lists.
openSeaChest_Info - openSeaChest drive utilities - NVMe Enabled Copyright (c) 2014-2024 Seagate
Technology LLC and/or its Affiliates, All Rights Reserved openSeaChest_Info Version: 2.7.0-8_0_1
X86_64 Build Date: Sep 19 2024 Today: 20240925T133706 User: current user
========================================================================================== Version Info
for openSeaChest_Info:
Utility Version: 2.7.0 opensea-common Version: 4.1.0 opensea-transport Version: 8.0.1
opensea-operations Version: 8.0.2 Build Date: Sep 19 2024 Compiled Architecture: X86_64 Detected
Endianness: Little Endian Compiler Used: GCC Compiler Version: 11.4.0 Operating System Type: Linux
Operating System Version: 5.15.153-1 Operating System Name: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for openSeaChest_Info is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and
openSeaChest_Info programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info openSeaChest_Info
should give you access to the complete manual.
openSeaChest_Info ===========================... September 2024 OPENSEACHEST_INFO(1)