Deployment Guide

Option Valid Arguments Short Description Mandatory or Optional
-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.
RAID Configuration Utility Options And Arguments
The following tables document valid options, parameters, and arguments along with a description of the expected behavior of each
option. Options, parameters, and pre-defined arguments are case-sensitive and entered in lowercase, unless stated otherwise. The
information is grouped by task in the following sections:
• General Help
• Enumerating RAID Controllers
• Setting Environment Variables
• Importing and Clearing Foreign Configurations
• Resetting The Controller
• Enabling And Disabling Persistent Dedicated Hot Spares
• Assigning, Unassigning, And Listing Global Hot Spares
• Setting And Displaying The PCIe Link Speed
• Setting Boot Mode
• Configuring Auto Import
• Creating Virtual Disks
• Initializing Virtual Disks
• Enumerating Virtual Disks
• Deleting Virtual Disks
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