Users Guide

Table 25. dellemc_configure_raid (continued)
Parameter Required Default Choices Comments
This option is mandatory for CIFS
Network share.
share_pwd No NA NA
Network share user password.
This option is mandatory for CIFS
Network share.
share_mnt No NA NA
Local mount path of the network
share with read-write permission
for Ansible user. This option is
mandatory for Network share.
vd_name No NA NA
Virtual disk name
● Optional, if we perform create
operations
● Mandatory, if we perform
remove operations
span_depth No 1 NA Span Depth
span_length No 2 NA Span Length
number_dedicated_hot_spar
e
No 0 NA Number of Dedicated Hot Spare
number_global_hot_spare No 0 NA Number of Global Hot Spare
raid_level No RAID 0
● RAID 0
● RAID 1
● RAID 5
● RAID 6
● RAID 10
● RAID 50
● RAID 60
Provide the required RAID level
disk_cache_policy No Default
● Default
● Enabled
● Disabled
Disk Cache Policy
write_cache_policy No WriteThrough
● WriteThrough
● WriteBack
● WriteBackForce
Write cache policy
read_cache_policy No NoReadAhead
● NoReadAhead
● ReadAhead
● Adaptive
Read cache policy
stripe_size No 65536 NA
Provide stripe size value in
multiples of 64 * 1024
controller_fqdd Yes NA NA
Fully Qualified Device Descriptor
(FQDD) of the storage controller,
for e.g. RAID.Integrated.1-1
media_type No HDD
● HDD
● SSD
Media type
bus_protocol No SATA
● SAS
● SATA
Bus protocol
state Yes NA
● present
● absent
● If the value is 'present', the
module will perform 'create'
operations
32 Modules for iDRAC