scsi_start - start one or more SCSI disks
scsi_start [--help] [--verbose] [--wait] DEVICE [DEVICE]*
SCSI_START(8) SG3_UTILS SCSI_START(8)
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.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+--------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Availability | system/storage/sg3_utils |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Stability | Pass-through uncommitted |
+---------------+--------------------------+
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
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009-2013 Douglas Gilbert
This software is distributed under a FreeBSD license. There is NO war-
ranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PUR-
POSE.
SEE ALSO
sg_start (sg3_utils)
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from http://sg.danny.cz/sg/p/sg3_utils-1.42.tgz
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sg3_utils.html.
sg3_utils-1.36 May 2013 SCSI_START(8)