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Table 92. Details of storage (continued)
● -wp{wt|wb|wbf}—Sets the write policy to Write
Through, Write Back, or Write Back Force
● -rp {nra|ra|ara}—Sets the read policy to No Read
Ahead, Read Ahead, Adaptive Read Ahead
● -ss—Specifies the stripe size to use.
● -pdkey:<PD FQDD list>—Specifies the physical disk
drive to use in the virtual disk.
● -dcp—Sets the Disk Cache Policy in the Virtual Disk.
○ enabled—Allows the virtual disk to use the cache.
○ disabled—Does not allow the virtual disk to use the
cache.
○ default—Uses the default cache policy. For SAS
drives, use the disabled option and for SATA drives,
use the enabled option by default.
● -name <VD name>—Specifies the name of the virtual
disk.
● -size <VD size>—Specifies the size of each virtual
disk.
○ b—Specifies the size in bytes
○ k—Specifies the size in kilobytes
○ m—Specifies the size in megabytes
○ g—Specifies the size in gigabytes
○ t—Specifies the size in terabytes
● -sc—Number of spans in a virtual disk (required for multi-
span RAID level).
NOTE:
○ For PERC9, if the value of
controller.SupportRAID10UnevenSpans is
supported, you can enter only 0 for this option
while creating RAID level 10. The created RAID10
virtual disk displays the spandepth as 1 (default).
○ For other controllers:
￭ The default value for multi-span RAID levels is 2
and for basic RAID level is 1.
￭ For hybrid RAID levels such as RAID10, RAID50,
and RAID60, this option is mandatory.
￭ The value for-sc option can be 0 only for
RAID10.
●
-T10PIEnable—Creates a virtual disk with protection
information.
● -key <Key id>—Specifies the key id.
● -passwd <passphrase>—Specifies the passphrase.
● -newpasswd <passphrase>—Specifies the new
passphrase.
● -assign {yes | no}—Assigns or unassigns the disk
as a hotspare.
● -type { ghs | dhs}—Assigns a global or dedicated
hotspare.
● -vdkey:<VD FQDD>—Assigns the dedicated hotspare
to the specified virtual disk. This option is required for
dedicated hotspare.
● -state <start|stop>—start value starts a patrol
read operation. stop value stops a running patrol read
operation.
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