Users Guide

Remote Services Operations 57

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

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.

• Perform the Get operation on the DCIM_ControllerView class using the

correct instance ID of the required RAID controller to display the related

properties.

Creating a Virtual Disk

To create the virtual disk:

Find out the RAID configurations in the system using the

GetRAIDLevels()

method in DCIM_RAIDService class.

Select the physical disk(s) on which you need to create the virtual disk

based on the IDs gathered using the

GetAvailableDisks()

method in

DCIM_RAIDService class.

Check the available sizes and default virtual disk parameters for the

required RAID level and physical disk using the

CheckVDValues()

method in DCIM_RAIDService class.

NOTE: The CheckVDValues() method does not show the Span details

correctly for RAID-10.

Construct the input parameters before you invoke the

CreateVirtualDisk()

method.

Invoke the

CreateVirtualDisk()

method.

Check the output parameters (return code values) for the selected

method. The InstanceID of the pending virtual disk is an output

parameter and the return code value is returned if the method is

successful. For example, if the method is successful, code 0 is returned.