Reference Guide

Option Valid Arguments Short Description Mandatory or Optional
-sp or
spanlength
<number>
The span size of RAID 5, which is a
mandatory parameter for RAID 50.
NOTE: Spanlength is applicable
for RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID
60. The minimum permissible
spanlength value is 2for RAID
10, 3for RAID 50 and 4for RAID
60. The number of array disks
for creating virtual disks should
not be a prime number and
should be divisible by the
specified spanlength.
Mandatory.
See Creating Virtual Disks
for specific usage
information.
-sz or size <number>
Sets the maximum size on the virtual
disk in MB or GB if the size is not
provided.
The default size is in MB. If GB
follows the number, the size is
expressed in GB.
Optional.
See Creating Virtual Disks
for specific usage
information.
-ssz or
stripesize
<number>
Sets the stripe size on the virtual disk
in KB.
NOTE: When creating virtual
disks, do not specify the units
for chunk (stripe) size. The units
are always listed in KB.
Optional.
See Creating Virtual Disks
for specific usage
information.
-vd or
vdisk
NA Displays the virtual disks under all of
the controllers along with the
physical array disks that make up the
virtual disks.
See Enumerating Virtual
Disks for specific usage
information.
<valid virtual disk
ID number>
Displays the specified virtual disk.
Optional.
See Enumerating Virtual
Disks for specific usage
information.
-ver or
version
NA Displays the version number of the
utility.
Optional.
See Miscellaneous
Options for specific usage
information.
-wp or
writepolicy
wb, wt, wc, nwc, fwb
Sets the write policy for a virtual
disk. The valid arguments are: wb
(writeback caching), wt (write-
through caching),
wc (write-
caching), nwc (no-write-caching),
and
fwb (force-write-back).
Optional.
See Miscellaneous
Options for specific usage
information.
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