User's Manual

48 Remote Services Operations
Creating and Modifying a Partitions on vFlash SD Card
1 Perform the enumerate operation on the
DCIM_OpaqueManagementData class to get the list of current
partitions.
2 Before you invoke the CreatePartition() method in
DCIM_PersistentStorageService class, construct the input parameters.
3 Invoke the CreatePartition() method. For example, if a job is created
successfully, code 4096 is returned.
4 Invoke the CreatePartition() method to form a bootable image. This
creates a bootable partition from image stored on server shares like NFS,
CIFS, and FTP.
5 Query the status of the jobID output using the job control profile
methods.
6 Repeat step 1 to confirm successful execution of the method.
7 Set the created bootable partition as an option under the BIOS boot menu
and boot to the image stored on the partition.
8 Invoke the AttachPartition() method, to view and modify the contents of
partitions.
9 Invoke the Accesstype() and FormatType() methods, to change the access
type and the format type of the created partitions.
Managing RAID Configuration
Use the RAID configuration feature to get the properties of the RAID
controller, physical disks, and the enclosures attached to the system. You can
configure different attributes of the physical and virtual disks using the
available methods.
For more information on the RAID profile, see the "RAID Profile" on page 63.
Displaying the RAID Controllers
• Perform the Enumerate operation on the DCIM_ControllerView class to
display the instance properties of all the RAID controllers attached to the
system.
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