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Table 12. dellemc_idrac_storage_volume (continued)
Parameter/aliases Required Default Choices Comments
WriteBackForce
read_cache_policy No NoReadAhead
NoReadAhead
ReadAhead
AdaptiveReadAhea
d
Read Cache Policy
stripe_size No 65536 NA Provide stripe size value in multiples of 64
* 1024
controller_id No NA NA Fully Qualified Device Descriptor (FQDD)
of the storage controller, for example:
RAID.Integrated.1-1
NOTE: Controller FQDD is required for
C(create) RAID configuration.
volume_id No NA NA Fully Qualified Device Descriptor (FQDD)
of the virtual disk, for example:
Disk.virtual.0:RAID.Slot.1-1
NOTE: This option is used to get the
virtual disk information.
media_type No None
HDD
SDD
Media type
protocol No None
SAS
SATA
Bus protocol
state Yes view
create
delete
view
C(create) performs create volume
operations.
C(delete) performs remove volume
operations.
C(view) returns the storage view.
volumes No NA NA A list of virtual disk-specific iDRAC
attributes. This is applicable for C(create)
and C(delete) operations.
For C(create) operation, name and
drives are applicable options, other
volume options can also be specified.
NOTE: The drives is a required
option for C(create) operation and
accepts either location (list of drive
slot) or id (list of drive fqdd).
For C(delete) operation, only name
option is applicable.
capacity No NA NA Virtual disk size in GB
raid_reset_config No NA NA This option represents whether a Reset
Config operation needs to be performed on
the RAID controller. Reset Config operation
deletes all the virtual disks present on the
RAID controller.
raid_init_operation No None
None
Fast
This option represents Initialization
Configuration operation to be performed
on the virtual disk.
Return Values
msg:
type: str
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Modules for iDRAC