smp_rep_general - invoke REPORT GENERAL SMP function

       Written by Douglas Gilbert.

       The  SMP  REPORT  GENERAL  function was introduced in SAS-1, with small additions in SAS-1.1 . There have
       been a large number of additions in SAS-2 .

       Copyright © 2006-2011 Douglas Gilbert
       This software is distributed under a FreeBSD license. There is NO warranty; not even for  MERCHANTABILITY
       or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

       Sends a SAS Serial Management Protocol (SMP) REPORT GENERAL function request to an SMP  target.  The  SMP
       target  is identified by the SMP_DEVICE and the SAS_ADDR. Depending on the interface, the SAS_ADDR may be
       deduced from the SMP_DEVICE. The mpt interface uses SMP_DEVICE to identify a HBA (an SMP  initiator)  and
       needs the additional ,N to differentiate between HBAs if there are multiple present.

       See "Examples" section in http://sg.danny.cz/sg/smp_utils.html

       smp_rep_general - invoke REPORT GENERAL SMP function

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as well.

       -b, --brief
              reports (prints to stdout) only a few important fields from the response.

       -c, --changecount
              reports  (prints  to  stdout)  the value of the expander change count field from the response. The
              value is printed in decimal and is in the range 0 to 65535. Only expanders compliant with  SAS-1.1
              (and  earlier)  should  yield  0. [Expanders compliant with SAS-2 (and later) should set the "long
              response" bit in the REPORT GENERAL response to 1.]

       -h, --help
              output the usage message then exit.

       -H, --hex
              output the response (less the CRC field) in hexadecimal.

       -I, --interface=PARAMS
              interface specific parameters. In this case "interface" refers to the path through  the  operating
              system to the SMP initiator. See the smp_utils man page for more information.

       -r, --raw
              send the response (less the CRC field) to stdout in binary. All error messages are sent to stderr.

       -s, --sa=SAS_ADDR
              specifies the SAS address of the SMP target device. Typically this is an expander. This option may
              not be needed if the SMP_DEVICE has the target's SAS address within it. The SAS_ADDR is in decimal
              but  most SAS addresses are shown in hexadecimal. To give a number in hexadecimal either prefix it
              with '0x' or put a trailing 'h' on it.

       -v, --verbose
              increase the verbosity of the output. Can be used multiple times

       -V, --version
              print the version string and then exit.

       -z, --zero
              zero the Allocated Response Length field in the request.  This  is  required  for  strict  SAS-1.1
              compliance. However this option should not be given in SAS-2 and later; if it is given an abridged
              response may result.

       Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>.

smp_utils,smp_discover(smp_utils)

smp_utils-0.96                                      May 2011                                  SMP_REP_GENERAL(8)

smp_rep_general  [--brief]  [--changecount] [--help] [--hex] [--interface=PARAMS] [--raw] [--sa=SAS_ADDR]
       [--verbose] [--version] [--zero] SMP_DEVICE[,N]