Monitoring the appliance using the command line

When logged into the appliance though a terminal session, you can use the following commands to check the status of specified components or areas.

ap
Reports appliance state
ap info
Shows general information about the appliance
ap hw
Lists hardware inventory with status of each component
ap sw
Lists software inventory with status of each component
ap issues
Lists all issues
ap ds
Lists data slices and their states
ap fs
Lists all filesystems, mounts, NDSs and their states

You can learn more of these commands in ap commands.