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CAMCONTROL(8)		  BSD System Manager's Manual		 CAMCONTROL(8)

NAME
     camcontrol	-- CAM control program

SYNOPSIS
     camcontrol	<command> [device id] [generic args] [command args]
     camcontrol	devlist	[-v]
     camcontrol	periphlist [device id] [-n dev_name] [-u unit_number]
     camcontrol	tur [device id]	[generic args]
     camcontrol	inquiry	[device	id] [generic args] [-D]	[-S] [-R]
     camcontrol	identify [device id] [generic args] [-v]
     camcontrol	reportluns [device id] [generic	args] [-c] [-l]
		[-r reporttype]
     camcontrol	readcap	[device	id] [generic args] [-b]	[-h] [-H] [-N] [-q]
		[-s]
     camcontrol	start [device id] [generic args]
     camcontrol	stop [device id] [generic args]
     camcontrol	load [device id] [generic args]
     camcontrol	eject [device id] [generic args]
     camcontrol	rescan <all | bus[:target:lun]>
     camcontrol	reset <all | bus[:target:lun]>
     camcontrol	defects	[device	id] [generic args] <-f format> [-P] [-G]
     camcontrol	modepage [device id] [generic args] <-m	page | -l> [-P pgctl]
		[-b | -e] [-d]
     camcontrol	cmd [device id]	[generic args] <-a cmd [args]> <-c cmd [args]>
		[-d] [-f] [-i len fmt] [-o len fmt [args]] [-r fmt]
     camcontrol	smpcmd [device id] [generic args] <-r len fmt [args]>
		<-R len	fmt [args]>
     camcontrol	smprg [device id] [generic args] [-l]
     camcontrol	smppc [device id] [generic args] <-p phy> [-l] [-o operation]
		[-d name] [-m rate] [-M	rate] [-T pp_timeout]
		[-a enable|disable] [-A	enable|disable]	[-s enable|disable]
		[-S enable|disable]
     camcontrol	smpphylist [device id] [generic	args] [-l] [-q]
     camcontrol	smpmaninfo [device id] [generic	args] [-l]
     camcontrol	debug [-I] [-P]	[-T] [-S] [-X] [-c] [-p]
		<all|off|bus[:target[:lun]]>
     camcontrol	tags [device id] [generic args]	[-N tags] [-q] [-v]
     camcontrol	negotiate [device id] [generic args] [-c] [-D enable|disable]
		[-M mode] [-O offset] [-q] [-R syncrate] [-T enable|disable]
		[-U] [-W bus_width] [-v]
     camcontrol	format [device id] [generic args] [-q] [-r] [-w] [-y]
     camcontrol	idle [device id] [generic args]	[-t time]
     camcontrol	standby	[device	id] [generic args] [-t time]
     camcontrol	sleep [device id] [generic args]
     camcontrol	fwdownload [device id] [generic	args] <-f fw_image> [-y] [-s]
     camcontrol	help

DESCRIPTION
     The camcontrol utility is designed	to provide a way for users to access
     and control the FreeBSD CAM subsystem.

     The camcontrol utility can	cause a	loss of	data and/or system crashes if
     used improperly.  Even expert users are encouraged	to exercise caution
     when using	this command.  Novice users should stay	away from this util-
     ity.

     The camcontrol utility has	a number of primary functions, many of which
     support an	optional device	identifier.  A device identifier can take one
     of	three forms:

     deviceUNIT	     Specify a device name and unit number combination,	like
		     "da5" or "cd3".

     bus:target	     Specify a bus number and target id.  The bus number can
		     be	determined from	the output of "camcontrol devlist".
		     The lun defaults to 0.

     bus:target:lun  Specify the bus, target and lun for a device.  (e.g.
		     1:2:0)

     The device	identifier, if it is specified,	must come immediately after
     the function name,	and before any generic or function-specific arguments.
     Note that the -n and -u arguments described below will override any de-
     vice name or unit number specified	beforehand.  The -n and	-u arguments
     will not override a specified bus:target or bus:target:lun, however.

     Most of the camcontrol primary functions support these generic arguments:

     -C	count	     SCSI command retry	count.	In order for this to work, er-
		     ror recovery (-E) must be turned on.

     -E		     Instruct the kernel to perform generic SCSI error recov-
		     ery for the given command.	 This is needed	in order for
		     the retry count (-C) to be	honored.  Other	than retrying
		     commands, the generic error recovery in the code will
		     generally attempt to spin up drives that are not spin-
		     ning.  It may take	some other actions, depending upon the
		     sense code	returned from the command.

     -n	dev_name     Specify the device	type to	operate	on, e.g. "da", "cd".

     -t	timeout	     SCSI command timeout in seconds.  This overrides the de-
		     fault timeout for any given command.

     -u	unit_number  Specify the device	unit number, e.g. "1", "5".

     -v		     Be	verbose, print out sense information for failed	SCSI
		     commands.

     Primary command functions:

     devlist	 List all physical devices (logical units) attached to the CAM
		 subsystem.  This also includes	a list of peripheral drivers
		 attached to each device.  With	the -v argument, SCSI bus num-
		 ber, adapter name and unit numbers are	printed	as well.

     periphlist	 List all peripheral drivers attached to a given physical de-
		 vice (logical unit).

     tur	 Send the SCSI test unit ready (0x00) command to the given de-
		 vice.	The camcontrol utility will report whether the device
		 is ready or not.

     inquiry	 Send a	SCSI inquiry command (0x12) to a device.  By default,
		 camcontrol will print out the standard	inquiry	data, device
		 serial	number,	and transfer rate information.	The user can
		 specify that only certain types of inquiry data be printed:

		 -D    Get the standard	inquiry	data.

		 -S    Print out the serial number.  If	this flag is the only
		       one specified, camcontrol will not print	out "Serial
		       Number" before the value	returned by the	drive.	This
		       is to aid in script writing.

		 -R    Print out transfer rate information.

     identify	 Send a	ATA identify command (0xec) to a device.

     reportluns	 Send the SCSI REPORT LUNS (0xA0) command to the given device.
		 By default, camcontrol	will print out the list	of logical
		 units (LUNs) supported	by the target device.  There are a
		 couple	of options to modify the output:

		 -c		 Just print out	a count	of LUNs, not the ac-
				 tual LUN numbers.

		 -l		 Just print out	the LUNs, and don't print out
				 the count.

		 -r reporttype	 Specify the type of report to request from
				 the target:

				 default    Return the default report.	This
					    is the camcontrol default.	Most
					    targets will support this report
					    if they support the	REPORT LUNS
					    command.

				 wellknown  Return only	well known LUNs.

				 all	    Return all available LUNs.

		 camcontrol will try to	print out LUN numbers in a reasonable
		 format.  It can understand the	peripheral, flat, LUN and ex-
		 tended	LUN formats.

     readcap	 Send the SCSI READ CAPACITY command to	the given device and
		 display the results.  If the device is	larger than 2TB, the
		 SCSI READ CAPACITY (16) service action	will be	sent to	obtain
		 the full size of the device.  By default, camcontrol will
		 print out the last logical block of the device, and the
		 blocksize of the device in bytes.  To modify the output for-
		 mat, use the following	options:

		 -b	Just print out the blocksize, not the last block or
			device size.  This cannot be used with -N or -s.

		 -h	Print out the device size in human readable (base 2,
			1K == 1024) format.  This implies -N and cannot	be
			used with -q or	-b.

		 -H	Print out the device size in human readable (base 10,
			1K == 1000) format.

		 -N	Print out the number of	blocks in the device instead
			of the last logical block.

		 -q	Quiet, print out the numbers only (separated by	a
			comma if -b or -s are not specified).

		 -s	Print out the last logical block or the	size of	the
			device only, and omit the blocksize.

     start	 Send the SCSI Start/Stop Unit (0x1B) command to the given de-
		 vice with the start bit set.

     stop	 Send the SCSI Start/Stop Unit (0x1B) command to the given de-
		 vice with the start bit cleared.

     load	 Send the SCSI Start/Stop Unit (0x1B) command to the given de-
		 vice with the start bit set and the load/eject	bit set.

     eject	 Send the SCSI Start/Stop Unit (0x1B) command to the given de-
		 vice with the start bit cleared and the load/eject bit	set.

     rescan	 Tell the kernel to scan all busses in the system (with	the
		 all argument),	the given bus (XPT_SCAN_BUS), or bus:tar-
		 get:lun (XPT_SCAN_LUN)	for new	devices	or devices that	have
		 gone away.  The user may specify a scan of all	busses,	a sin-
		 gle bus, or a lun.  Scanning all luns on a target is not sup-
		 ported.

     reset	 Tell the kernel to reset all busses in	the system (with the
		 all argument) or the given bus	(XPT_RESET_BUS)	by issuing a
		 SCSI bus reset	for that bus, or to reset the given bus:tar-
		 get:lun (XPT_RESET_DEV), typically by issuing a BUS DEVICE
		 RESET message after connecting	to that	device.	 Note that
		 this can have a destructive impact on the system.

     defects	 Send the SCSI READ DEFECT DATA	(10) command (0x37) to the
		 given device, and print out any combination of: the total
		 number	of defects, the	primary	defect list (PLIST), and the
		 grown defect list (GLIST).

		 -f format    The three	format options are: block, to print
			      out the list as logical blocks, bfi, to print
			      out the list in bytes from index format, and
			      phys, to print out the list in physical sector
			      format.  The format argument is required.	 Most
			      drives support the physical sector format.  Some
			      drives support the logical block format.	Many
			      drives, if they do not support the requested
			      format, return the data in an alternate format,
			      along with sense information indicating that the
			      requested	data format is not supported.  The
			      camcontrol utility attempts to detect this, and
			      print out	whatever format	the drive returns.  If
			      the drive	uses a non-standard sense code to re-
			      port that	it does	not support the	requested for-
			      mat, camcontrol will probably see	the error as a
			      failure to complete the request.

		 -G	      Print out	the grown defect list.	This is	a list
			      of bad blocks that have been remapped since the
			      disk left	the factory.

		 -P	      Print out	the primary defect list.

		 If neither -P nor -G is specified, camcontrol will print out
		 the number of defects given in	the READ DEFECT	DATA header
		 returned from the drive.  Some	drives will report 0 defects
		 if neither the	primary	or grown defect	lists are requested.

     modepage	 Allows	the user to display and	optionally edit	a SCSI mode
		 page.	The mode page formats are located in
		 /usr/share/misc/scsi_modes.  This can be overridden by	speci-
		 fying a different file	in the SCSI_MODES environment vari-
		 able.	The modepage command takes several arguments:

		 -d	       Disable block descriptors for mode sense.

		 -b	       Displays	mode page data in binary format.

		 -e	       This flag allows	the user to edit values	in the
			       mode page.  The user may	either edit mode page
			       values with the text editor pointed to by his
			       EDITOR environment variable, or supply mode
			       page values via standard	input, using the same
			       format that camcontrol uses to display mode
			       page values.  The editor	will be	invoked	if
			       camcontrol detects that standard	input is ter-
			       minal.

		 -l	       Lists all available mode	pages.

		 -m mode_page  This specifies the number of the	mode page the
			       user would like to view and/or edit.  This ar-
			       gument is mandatory unless -l is	specified.

		 -P pgctl      This allows the user to specify the page	con-
			       trol field.  Possible values are:
			       0    Current values
			       1    Changeable values
			       2    Default values
			       3    Saved values

     cmd	 Allows	the user to send an arbitrary ATA or SCSI CDB to any
		 device.  The cmd function requires the	-c argument to specify
		 SCSI CDB or the -a argument to	specify	ATA Command Block reg-
		 isters	values.	 Other arguments are optional, depending on
		 the command type.  The	command	and data specification syntax
		 is documented in cam_cdbparse(3).  NOTE: If the CDB specified
		 causes	data to	be transferred to or from the SCSI device in
		 question, you MUST specify either -i or -o.

		 -a cmd	[args]	    This specifies the content of 12 ATA Com-
				    mand Block registers (command, features,
				    lba_low, lba_mid, lba_high,	device,
				    lba_low_exp, lba_mid_exp.  lba_high_exp,
				    features_exp, sector_count,	sec-
				    tor_count_exp).

		 -c cmd	[args]	    This specifies the SCSI CDB.  SCSI CDBs
				    may	be 6, 10, 12 or	16 bytes.

		 -d		    Specifies DMA protocol to be used for ATA
				    command.

		 -f		    Specifies FPDMA (NCQ) protocol to be used
				    for	ATA command.

		 -i len	fmt	    This specifies the amount of data to read,
				    and	how it should be displayed.  If	the
				    format is `-', len bytes of	data will be
				    read from the device and written to	stan-
				    dard output.

		 -o len	fmt [args]  This specifies the amount of data to be
				    written to a device, and the data that is
				    to be written.  If the format is `-', len
				    bytes of data will be read from standard
				    input and written to the device.

		 -r fmt		    This specifies that	11 result ATA Command
				    Block registers should be displayed	(sta-
				    tus, error,	lba_low, lba_mid, lba_high,
				    device, lba_low_exp, lba_mid_exp,
				    lba_high_exp, sector_count,	sec-
				    tor_count_exp), and	how.  If the format is
				    `-', 11 result registers will be written
				    to standard	output in hex.

     smpcmd	 Allows	the user to send an arbitrary Serial Management	Proto-
		 col (SMP) command to a	device.	 The smpcmd function requires
		 the -r	argument to specify the	SMP request to be sent,	and
		 the -R	argument to specify the	format of the SMP response.
		 The syntax for	the SMP	request	and response arguments is doc-
		 umented in cam_cdbparse(3).

		 Note that SAS adapters	that support SMP passthrough (at least
		 the currently known adapters) do not accept CRC bytes from
		 the user in the request and do	not pass CRC bytes back	to the
		 user in the response.	Therefore users	should not include the
		 CRC bytes in the length of the	request	and not	expect CRC
		 bytes to be returned in the response.

		 -r len	fmt [args]  This specifies the size of the SMP re-
				    quest, without the CRC bytes, and the SMP
				    request format.  If	the format is `-', len
				    bytes of data will be read from standard
				    input and written as the SMP request.

		 -R len	fmt [args]  This specifies the size of the buffer al-
				    located for	the SMP	response, and the SMP
				    response format.  If the format is `-',
				    len	bytes of data will be allocated	for
				    the	response and the response will be
				    written to standard	output.

     smprg	 Allows	the user to send the Serial Management Protocol	(SMP)
		 Report	General	command	to a device.  camcontrol will display
		 the data returned by the Report General command.  If the SMP
		 target	supports the long response format, the additional data
		 will be requested and displayed automatically.

		 -l	   Request the long response format only.  Not all SMP
			   targets support the long response format.  This op-
			   tion	causes camcontrol to skip sending the initial
			   report general request without the long bit set and
			   only	issue a	report general request with the	long
			   bit set.

     smppc	 Allows	the user to issue the Serial Management	Protocol (SMP)
		 PHY Control command to	a device.  This	function should	be
		 used with some	caution, as it can render devices inaccessi-
		 ble, and could	potentially cause data corruption as well.
		 The -p	argument is required to	specify	the PHY	to operate on.

		 -p phy		    Specify the	PHY to operate on.  This argu-
				    ment is required.

		 -l		    Request the	long request/response format.
				    Not	all SMP	targets	support	the long re-
				    sponse format.  For	the PHY	Control	com-
				    mand, this currently only affects whether
				    the	request	length is set to a value other
				    than 0.

		 -o operation	    Specify a PHY control operation.  Only one
				    -o operation may be	specified.  The	opera-
				    tion may be	specified numerically (in dec-
				    imal, hexadecimal, or octal) or one	of the
				    following operation	names may be speci-
				    fied:

				    nop		      No operation.  It	is not
						      necessary	to specify
						      this argument.

				    linkreset	      Send the LINK RESET com-
						      mand to the phy.

				    hardreset	      Send the HARD RESET com-
						      mand to the phy.

				    disable	      Send the DISABLE command
						      to the phy.  Note	that
						      the LINK RESET or	HARD
						      RESET commands should
						      re-enable	the phy.

				    clearerrlog	      Send the CLEAR ERROR LOG
						      command.	This clears
						      the error	log counters
						      for the specified	phy.

				    clearaffiliation  Send the CLEAR AFFILIA-
						      TION command.  This
						      clears the affiliation
						      from the STP initiator
						      port with	the same SAS
						      address as the SMP ini-
						      tiator that requests the
						      clear operation.

				    sataportsel	      Send the TRANSMIT	SATA
						      PORT SELECTION SIGNAL
						      command to the phy.
						      This will	cause a	SATA
						      port selector to use the
						      given phy	as its active
						      phy and make the other
						      phy inactive.

				    clearitnl	      Send the CLEAR STP I_T
						      NEXUS LOSS command to
						      the PHY.

				    setdevname	      Send the SET ATTACHED
						      DEVICE NAME command to
						      the PHY.	This requires
						      the -d argument to spec-
						      ify the device name.

		 -d name	    Specify the	attached device	name.  This
				    option is needed with the -o setdevname
				    phy	operation.  The	name is	a 64-bit num-
				    ber, and can be specified in decimal,
				    hexadecimal	or octal format.

		 -m rate	    Set	the minimum physical link rate for the
				    phy.  This is a numeric argument.  Cur-
				    rently known link rates are:

				    0x0	   Do not change current value.

				    0x8	   1.5 Gbps

				    0x9	   3 Gbps

				    0xa	   6 Gbps

				    Other values may be	specified for newer
				    physical link rates.

		 -M rate	    Set	the maximum physical link rate for the
				    phy.  This is a numeric argument.  See the
				    -m argument	description for	known link
				    rate arguments.

		 -T pp_timeout	    Set	the partial pathway timeout value, in
				    microseconds.  See the ANSI	SAS Protcol
				    Layer (SPL)	specification for more infor-
				    mation on this field.

		 -a enable|disable  Enable or disable SATA slumber phy power
				    conditions.

		 -A enable|disable  Enable or disable SATA partial power con-
				    ditions.

		 -s enable|disable  Enable or disable SAS slumber phy power
				    conditions.

		 -S enable|disable  Enable or disable SAS partial phy power
				    conditions.

     smpphylist	 List phys attached to a SAS expander, the address of the end
		 device	attached to the	phy, and the inquiry data for that de-
		 vice and peripheral devices attached to that device.  The in-
		 quiry data and	peripheral devices are displayed if available.

		 -l	Turn on	the long response format for the underlying
			SMP commands used for this command.

		 -q	Only print out phys that are attached to a device in
			the CAM	EDT (Existing Device Table).

     smpmaninfo	 Send the SMP Report Manufacturer Information command to the
		 device	and display the	response.

		 -l	Turn on	the long response format for the underlying
			SMP commands used for this command.

     debug	 Turn on CAM debugging printfs in the kernel.  This requires
		 options CAMDEBUG in your kernel config	file.  WARNING:	en-
		 abling	debugging printfs currently causes an EXTREME number
		 of kernel printfs.  You may have difficulty turning off the
		 debugging printfs once	they start, since the kernel will be
		 busy printing messages	and unable to service other requests
		 quickly.  The debug function takes a number of	arguments:

		 -I		     Enable CAM_DEBUG_INFO printfs.

		 -P		     Enable CAM_DEBUG_PERIPH printfs.

		 -T		     Enable CAM_DEBUG_TRACE printfs.

		 -S		     Enable CAM_DEBUG_SUBTRACE printfs.

		 -X		     Enable CAM_DEBUG_XPT printfs.

		 -c		     Enable CAM_DEBUG_CDB printfs.  This will
				     cause the kernel to print out the SCSI
				     CDBs sent to the specified	device(s).

		 -p		     Enable CAM_DEBUG_PROBE printfs.

		 all		     Enable debugging for all devices.

		 off		     Turn off debugging	for all	devices

		 bus[:target[:lun]]  Turn on debugging for the given bus, tar-
				     get or lun.  If the lun or	target and lun
				     are not specified,	they are wildcarded.
				     (i.e., just specifying a bus turns	on de-
				     bugging printfs for all devices on	that
				     bus.)

     tags	 Show or set the number	of "tagged openings" or	simultaneous
		 transactions we attempt to queue to a particular device.  By
		 default, the tags command, with no command-specific arguments
		 (i.e.,	only generic arguments)	prints out the "soft" maximum
		 number	of transactions	that can be queued to the device in
		 question.  For	more detailed information, use the -v argument
		 described below.

		 -N tags  Set the number of tags for the given device.	This
			  must be between the minimum and maximum number set
			  in the kernel	quirk table.  The default for most de-
			  vices	that support tagged queueing is	a minimum of 2
			  and a	maximum	of 255.	 The minimum and maximum val-
			  ues for a given device may be	determined by using
			  the -v switch.  The meaning of the -v	switch for
			  this camcontrol subcommand is	described below.

		 -q	  Be quiet, and	do not report the number of tags.
			  This is generally used when setting the number of
			  tags.

		 -v	  The verbose flag has special functionality for the
			  tags argument.  It causes camcontrol to print	out
			  the tagged queueing related fields of	the
			  XPT_GDEV_TYPE	CCB:

			  dev_openings	 This is the amount of capacity	for
					 transactions queued to	a given	de-
					 vice.

			  dev_active	 This is the number of transactions
					 currently queued to a device.

			  devq_openings	 This is the kernel queue space	for
					 transactions.	This count usually
					 mirrors dev_openings except during
					 error recovery	operations when	the
					 device	queue is frozen	(device	is not
					 allowed to receive commands), the
					 number	of dev_openings	is reduced, or
					 transaction replay is occurring.

			  devq_queued	 This is the number of transactions
					 waiting in the	kernel queue for ca-
					 pacity	on the device.	This number is
					 usually zero unless error recovery is
					 in progress.

			  held		 The held count	is the number of CCBs
					 held by peripheral drivers that have
					 either	just been completed or are
					 about to be released to the transport
					 layer for service by a	device.	 Held
					 CCBs reserve capacity on a given de-
					 vice.

			  mintags	 This is the current "hard" minimum
					 number	of transactions	that can be
					 queued	to a device at once.  The
					 dev_openings value above cannot go
					 below this number.  The default value
					 for mintags is	2, although it may be
					 set higher or lower for various de-
					 vices.

			  maxtags	 This is the "hard" maximum number of
					 transactions that can be queued to a
					 device	at one time.  The dev_openings
					 value cannot go above this number.
					 The default value for maxtags is 255,
					 although it may be set	higher or
					 lower for various devices.

     negotiate	 Show or negotiate various communication parameters.  Some
		 controllers may not support setting or	changing some of these
		 values.  For instance,	the Adaptec 174x controllers do	not
		 support changing a device's sync rate or offset.  The
		 camcontrol utility will not attempt to	set the	parameter if
		 the controller	indicates that it does not support setting the
		 parameter.  To	find out what the controller supports, use the
		 -v flag.  The meaning of the -v flag for the negotiate	com-
		 mand is described below.  Also, some controller drivers do
		 not support setting negotiation parameters, even if the un-
		 derlying controller supports negotiation changes.  Some con-
		 trollers, such	as the Advansys	wide controllers, support en-
		 abling	and disabling synchronous negotiation for a device,
		 but do	not support setting the	synchronous negotiation	rate.

		 -a		    Attempt to make the	negotiation settings
				    take effect	immediately by sending a Test
				    Unit Ready command to the device.

		 -c		    Show or set	current	negotiation settings.
				    This is the	default.

		 -D enable|disable  Enable or disable disconnection.

		 -M mode	    Set	ATA mode.

		 -O offset	    Set	the command delay offset.

		 -q		    Be quiet, do not print anything.  This is
				    generally useful when you want to set a
				    parameter, but do not want any status in-
				    formation.

		 -R syncrate	    Change the synchronization rate for	a de-
				    vice.  The sync rate is a floating point
				    value specified in MHz.  So, for instance,
				    `20.000' is	a legal	value, as is `20'.

		 -T enable|disable  Enable or disable tagged queueing for a
				    device.

		 -U		    Show or set	user negotiation settings.
				    The	default	is to show or set current ne-
				    gotiation settings.

		 -v		    The	verbose	switch has special meaning for
				    the	negotiate subcommand.  It causes
				    camcontrol to print	out the	contents of a
				    Path Inquiry (XPT_PATH_INQ)	CCB sent to
				    the	controller driver.

		 -W bus_width	    Specify the	bus width to negotiate with a
				    device.  The bus width is specified	in
				    bits.  The only useful values to specify
				    are	8, 16, and 32 bits.  The controller
				    must support the bus width in question in
				    order for the setting to take effect.

		 In general, sync rate and offset settings will	not take ef-
		 fect for a device until a command has been sent to the	de-
		 vice.	The -a switch above will automatically send a Test
		 Unit Ready to the device so negotiation parameters will take
		 effect.

     format	 Issue the SCSI	FORMAT UNIT command to the named device.

		 WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!

		 Low level formatting a	disk will destroy ALL data on the
		 disk.	Use extreme caution when issuing this command.	Many
		 users low-level format	disks that do not really need to be
		 low-level formatted.  There are relatively few	scenarios that
		 call for low-level formatting a disk.	One reason for low-
		 level formatting a disk is to initialize the disk after
		 changing its physical sector size.  Another reason for	low-
		 level formatting a disk is to revive the disk if you are get-
		 ting "medium format corrupted"	errors from the	disk in	re-
		 sponse	to read	and write requests.

		 Some disks take longer	than others to format.	Users should
		 specify a timeout long	enough to allow	the format to com-
		 plete.	 The default format timeout is 3 hours,	which should
		 be long enough	for most disks.	 Some hard disks will complete
		 a format operation in a very short period of time (on the or-
		 der of	5 minutes or less).  This is often because the drive
		 does not really support the FORMAT UNIT command -- it just
		 accepts the command, waits a few minutes and then returns it.

		 The `format' subcommand takes several arguments that modify
		 its default behavior.	The -q and -y arguments	can be useful
		 for scripts.

		 -q	 Be quiet, do not print	any status messages.  This op-
			 tion will not disable the questions, however.	To
			 disable questions, use	the -y argument, below.

		 -r	 Run in	"report	only" mode.  This will report status
			 on a format that is already running on	the drive.

		 -w	 Issue a non-immediate format command.	By default,
			 camcontrol issues the FORMAT UNIT command with	the
			 immediate bit set.  This tells	the device to immedi-
			 ately return the format command, before the format
			 has actually completed.  Then,	camcontrol gathers
			 SCSI sense information	from the device	every second
			 to determine how far along in the format process it
			 is.  If the -w	argument is specified, camcontrol will
			 issue a non-immediate format command, and will	be un-
			 able to print any information to let the user know
			 what percentage of the	disk has been formatted.

		 -y	 Do not	ask any	questions.  By default,	camcontrol
			 will ask the user if he/she really wants to format
			 the disk in question, and also	if the default format
			 command timeout is acceptable.	 The user will not be
			 asked about the timeout if a timeout is specified on
			 the command line.

     idle	 Put ATA device	into IDLE state. Optional parameter (-t) spec-
		 ifies automatic standby timer value in	seconds. Value 0 dis-
		 ables timer.

     standby	 Put ATA device	into STANDBY state. Optional parameter (-t)
		 specifies automatic standby timer value in seconds. Value 0
		 disables timer.

     sleep	 Put ATA device	into SLEEP state. Note that the	only way get
		 device	out of this state may be reset.

     fwdownload	 Program firmware of the named SCSI device using the image
		 file provided.

		 Current list of supported vendors:
		       o   HITACHI
		       o   HP
		       o   IBM
		       o   PLEXTOR
		       o   QUANTUM
		       o   SEAGATE

		 WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!

		 Little	testing	has been done to make sure that	different de-
		 vice models from each vendor work correctly with the fwdown-
		 load command.	A vendor name appearing	in the supported list
		 means only that firmware of at	least one device type from
		 that vendor has successfully been programmed with the fwdown-
		 load command.	Extra caution should be	taken when using this
		 command since there is	no guarantee it	will not break a de-
		 vice from the listed vendors.	Ensure that you	have a recent
		 backup	of the data on the device before performing a firmware
		 update.

		 -f fw_image  Path to the firmware image file to be downloaded
			      to the specified device.

		 -y	      Do not ask for confirmation.

		 -s	      Run in simulation	mode.  Packet sizes that will
			      be sent are shown, but no	actual packet is sent
			      to the device.  No confimation is	asked in simu-
			      lation mode.

		 -v	      Besides showing sense information	in case	of a
			      failure, the verbose option causes camcontrol to
			      output a line for	every firmware segment that is
			      sent to the device by the	fwdownload command --
			      the same as the ones shown in simulation mode.

     help	 Print out verbose usage information.

ENVIRONMENT
     The SCSI_MODES variable allows the	user to	specify	an alternate mode page
     format file.

     The EDITOR	variable determines which text editor camcontrol starts	when
     editing mode pages.

FILES
     /usr/share/misc/scsi_modes	 is the	SCSI mode format database.
     /dev/xpt0			 is the	transport layer	device.
     /dev/pass*			 are the CAM application passthrough devices.

EXAMPLES
	   camcontrol eject -n cd -u 1 -v

     Eject the CD from cd1, and	print SCSI sense information if	the command
     fails.

	   camcontrol tur da0

     Send the SCSI test	unit ready command to da0.  The	camcontrol utility
     will report whether the disk is ready, but	will not display sense infor-
     mation if the command fails since the -v switch was not specified.

	   camcontrol tur da1 -E -C 4 -t 50 -v

     Send a test unit ready command to da1.  Enable kernel error recovery.
     Specify a retry count of 4, and a timeout of 50 seconds.  Enable sense
     printing (with the	-v flag) if the	command	fails.	Since error recovery
     is	turned on, the disk will be spun up if it is not currently spinning.
     The camcontrol utility will report	whether	the disk is ready.

	   camcontrol cmd -n cd	-u 1 -v	-c "3C 00 00 00	00 00 00 00 0e 00" \
		   -i 0xe "s1 i3 i1 i1 i1 i1 i1	i1 i1 i1 i1 i1"

     Issue a READ BUFFER command (0x3C)	to cd1.	 Display the buffer size of
     cd1, and display the first	10 bytes from the cache	on cd1.	 Display SCSI
     sense information if the command fails.

	   camcontrol cmd -n cd	-u 1 -v	-c "3B 00 00 00	00 00 00 00 0e 00" \
		   -o 14 "00 00	00 00 1	2 3 4 5	6 v v v	v" 7 8 9 8

     Issue a WRITE BUFFER (0x3B) command to cd1.  Write	out 10 bytes of	data,
     not including the (reserved) 4 byte header.  Print	out sense information
     if	the command fails.  Be very careful with this command, improper	use
     may cause data corruption.

	   camcontrol modepage da3 -m 1	-e -P 3

     Edit mode page 1 (the Read-Write Error Recover page) for da3, and save
     the settings on the drive.	 Mode page 1 contains a	disk drive's auto read
     and write reallocation settings, among other things.

	   camcontrol rescan all

     Rescan all	SCSI busses in the system for devices that have	been added,
     removed or	changed.

	   camcontrol rescan 0

     Rescan SCSI bus 0 for devices that	have been added, removed or changed.

	   camcontrol rescan 0:1:0

     Rescan SCSI bus 0,	target 1, lun 0	to see if it has been added, removed,
     or	changed.

	   camcontrol tags da5 -N 24

     Set the number of concurrent transactions for da5 to 24.

	   camcontrol negotiate	-n da -u 4 -T disable

     Disable tagged queueing for da4.

	   camcontrol negotiate	-n da -u 3 -R 20.000 -O	15 -a

     Negotiate a sync rate of 20MHz and	an offset of 15	with da3.  Then	send a
     Test Unit Ready command to	make the settings take effect.

	   camcontrol smpcmd ses0 -v -r	4 "40 0	00 0" -R 1020 "s9 i1"

     Send the SMP REPORT GENERAL command to ses0, and display the number of
     PHYs it contains.	Display	SMP errors if the command fails.

SEE ALSO
     cam(3), cam_cdbparse(3), cam(4), pass(4), xpt(4)

HISTORY
     The camcontrol utility first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.

     The mode page editing code	and arbitrary SCSI command code	are based upon
     code in the old scsi(8) utility and scsi(3) library, written by Julian
     Elischer and Peter	Dufault.  The scsi(8) program first appeared in	386BSD
     0.1.2.4, and first	appeared in FreeBSD in FreeBSD 2.0.5.

AUTHORS
     Kenneth Merry <ken@FreeBSD.org>

BUGS
     The code that parses the generic command line arguments does not know
     that some of the subcommands take multiple	arguments.  So if, for in-
     stance, you tried something like this:

	   camcontrol cmd -n da	-u 1 -c	"00 00 00 00 00	v" 0x00	-v

     The sense information from	the test unit ready command would not get
     printed out, since	the first getopt(3) call in camcontrol bails out when
     it	sees the second	argument to -c (0x00), above.  Fixing this behavior
     would take	some gross code, or changes to the getopt(3) interface.	 The
     best way to circumvent this problem is to always make sure	to specify
     generic camcontrol	arguments before any command-specific arguments.

BSD				 June 4, 2012				   BSD

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