Command Line Reference Guide

blink
Description
Starts blinking or identifies operation on the specified device.
Synopsis
racadm raid blink:<PD FQDD>
racadm raid blink:<VD FQDD>
racadm raid blink {-pdkey:<comma separated PD FQDDs|-vdkey:<comma
separated VD FQDDs}
Input
• –pdkey: A comma-seperated list of physical disk drive FQDDs to use in the operation.
• –vdkey: A comma-seperated list of virtual drive FQDDs to use in the operation.
Example
racadm raid blink:Disk.Bay.0:Enclosure.Internal.
0-0:RAID.ChassisIntegrated.1-1
racadm raid blink:Disk.Virtual.0:RAID.ChassisIntegrated.1-1
racadm raid blink -pdkey:Disk.Bay.0:Enclosure.Internal.
0-0:RAID.ChassisIntegrated.1-1,Disk.Bay.0:Enclosure.Internal.
0-0:RAID.ChassisIntegrated.1-1
racadm raid blink -vdkey:Disk.Virtual.0:RAID.ChassisIntegrated.
1-1,Disk.Virtual.0:RAID.ChassisIntegrated.1-1
createvd
Description
Stops an initialization operation on the specified virtual drive.
Synopsis
racadm raid createvd:<Controller FQDD> -rl {r0|r1|r5|r6|r10|r50|
r60}[-wp {wt|wb}] [-rp {nra|ra|ara}]
[-ss {1k|2k|4k|8k|16k|32k|64k|128k|256k|512k|1M|2M|4M|8M|16M}]
-pdkey:<comma separated PD FQDD> [-dcp {enabled|disabled|default}]
[-name:<VD name>] [-size <VD size>{b|k|m|g|t}] [-cc] {-current|-
pending}
Input
• -rl: Set the RAID Level.
• r0: RAID 0 – Striping.
• r1: RAID 1 – Mirroring.
• r5: RAID 5 – Striping with Parity.
• r6: RAID 6 – Striping with Extra Parity.
• r10: RAID 10 – Spanned Striping with Mirroring.
• r50: RAID 50 – Spanned Striping with Parity.
• r60: RAID 60 – Spanned Striping with Extra Parity.
• -wp {wt | wb}: Set the write policy to Write Through or Write Back.
• -rp {nra|ra|ara}: Set the read policy to No Read Ahead, Read Ahead, or Adaptive Read
Ahead.
• -ss: Specify the stripe size to use.
• -pdkey: <PD FQDD list>: The PDs to use in the VD.
• -dcp: Set the Disk Cache Policy in the VD.
• enabled: Enabled – Allow the disk to use it's cache.
• disabled: Disabled – Disallow the disk from using its cache.
• default: Default – Use the default cache policy. SAS Drives - Use Disabled by Default. SATA
Drives - Use Enabled by Default.
• –name: <VD name>: The name to give the VD.
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