User`s guide

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RAIDUTIL Command Line Utility
Command Line Switches
Following is a list of the switches available in RAIDUTIL for testing
and controlling various aspects of the controller, arrays, and drives
attached to the controller.
Miscellaneous
-g Specify drive group
This switch identifies the physical drive to be used for array
creation, deletion, or modification. It must always be the last switch
in the array creation command sequence and it must always be
Type Switch Description
Miscellaneous -g Specify drive group
Logical Drive
Creation/Deletion
-c
-d
-D
-l
-s
-z
Specify controller ID (OS)
Specify controller ID (BIOS)
Delete logical drives
Specify new logical drive RAID level
Specify logical drive capacity
Specify logical drive stripe size
Array Modification -E
-f
Expand disk array
Force array state
RAID Operation -C
-r
-w
Load/save configuration
Specify task rate
Write caching
Controller-specific -a
-F
-X
-Z
Action (task) control
Update controller firmware, BIOS, or
NVRAM
Reset NVRAM configuration
Reset/clear embedded RAID
information
Hot Spare Control -h
-H
Create hot spare drive
Delete hot spare drive
General
Information
Display Parameters
-?
-A
-e
-I
-L
-P
-q
Display utility usage information
Alarm status and control
Display or delete event log messages
Display inquiry information
List devices
Paginate output
Quiet mode
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