Section 8 · System administration

scsi_start.8

Package: sg3_utils

SCSI_START

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
NOTES
EXIT STATUS
AUTHORS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO

NAME

scsi_start − start one or more SCSI disks

SYNOPSIS

scsi_start [−−help] [−−verbose] [−−wait] DEVICE [DEVICE]*

DESCRIPTION

This bash shell script calls the sg_start utility on each given DEVICE. The purpose is to spin up (start) each given DEVICE.

OPTIONS

Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well. **
−h**, −−help

print out the usage message then exit.

−v, −−verbose

increase level or verbosity.

−w, −−wait

wait for the spin up (start) on each given DEVICE to complete. The default action is to do each start in immediate mode.

NOTES

If a large number of disks are spun up at the same time (i.e. without the −−wait option) then the power supply may be overloaded.

EXIT STATUS

The exit status of this script is 0 when it is successful. Otherwise the exit status is that of the last sg_start utility called. See the sg3_utils(8) man page.

AUTHORS

Written by D. Gilbert