Reference Guide

Option Valid Arguments Short Description Mandatory or
Optional
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.
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-
Optional.
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