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Dell™ Lifecycle Controller 2 Web Services Interface Guide for Windows Version: 2.1.0
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Invoke CreateVirtualDisk() with the following parameters and syntax:
TARGET: This parameter is the FQDD of the DCIM_ControllerView (Section 16.7)
PDArray: This parameter is the list of physical disk FQDDs that is used to create a virtual Disk.
VDPropNameArray: This parameter is the list of property names that is used to create a
virtual disk. The parameter list has the following names:
VirtualDiskName, CacheCade
VDPropValueArray: This parameter is the list of property values that is used to create a
virtual Disk. The property values are for the property names listed under VDPropNameArray.
VirtualDiskName: Name of the virtual disk (1-15 character range)
Cachcade: The valid input value is 1. (required)
EXAMPLE:
winrm i CreateVirtualDisk cimv2/root/dcim/DCIM_RAIDService
?SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem
+CreationClassName=DCIM_RAIDService
+SystemName=DCIM:ComputerSystem
+Name=DCIM:RAIDService
-u:[USER] -p:[PASSWORD]
-r:https://[IPADDRESS]/wsman -SkipCNcheck -SkipCAcheck
-encoding:utf-8 -a:basic -file:CreateVDCacheCade.xml
The input file CreateVDCacheCade.xml is shown below:
<p:CreateVirtualDisk_INPUT
xmlns:p="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-
schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_RAIDService">
<p:Target>RAID.Integrated.1-1</p:Target>
<p:PDArray>Disk.Bay.4:Enclosure.Internal.0-0:RAID.Integrated.1-1</p:PDArray>
<p:VDPropNameArray>VirtualDiskName</p:VDPropNameArray>
<p:VDPropValueArray>MyCacheCadeVD</p:VDPropValueArray>
<p:VDPropNameArray>Cachecade</p:VDPropNameArray>
<p:VDPropValueArray>1</p:VDPropValueArray>
</p:CreateVirtualDisk_INPUT>
OUTPUT:
The instanceID output identifies this virtual disk in the inventory before and after the
CreateTargetedConfigJob() method creates it. Note however, that the instanceID will change slightly
after successful creation.
CreateVirtualDisk_OUTPUT