IBM DS/DCS Storage Serial Login and Shell Commands

Serial Shell Commands

Check Battery Level

bidShow

It will then return; follow the 0x values to see the corresponding ones.

bidShow 0xff seems to show all

vdmShowDeviceList

vdmShowVGinfo

loadDebug

setDriveToOptimal_MT 0x........ [the number of the drive in state-capture-data]

startDriveRescontruction_MT 0x...... [the number of the drive in state-capture-data]

Serial Connection Parameters

band rate 38400 or 115200

ctrl + break

<space>

rate to **********

press<ESC>

ctrl + break

shellUsr

[redacted]

vdmshow
vdmshow

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