Deployment Guide

Mandatory Options
and Arguments
Optional Parameters Valid Parameters
Arguments
Description
NOTE: If the controller uses global hot
spares, the raid.ini file contains the
following section:
[GlobalHotspare0]
controllerid=0
failoverdrive=0:8:0
Assigning, Unassigning, And Listing Global Hot Spares
The following table lists the RAIDCFG options, parameters, and pre-defined arguments for assigning and unassigning global hot
spares.
Table 326. Assigning, Unassigning, and Listing Global Hot Spares
Mandatory Options
and Arguments
Optional Parameters Valid Parameters
Arguments
Description
-ctrl -ac=sghs -
c=id -ad|-pd=
ch:targ:encl
or
controller
action=setglobalh
otspare
controllerid=id
adisk|
pdisk=channel:tar
get:enclosure
NA NA
Assigns the specified disk as a global hot spare on
the controller. You can assign only one disk at a
time.
NOTE: The parameter, force, is optional
and is used to avoid the warning messages
while assigning the disk as global hot spare.
This parameter is supported only on PERC
9 controllers.
NOTE: Assign hot spare for a bootable
virtual disk only from the disk drives of slot
0-3 of the system.
Example:
A:>raidcfg -ctrl -ac=sghs -c=2 -
ad=0:1 -force
RAIDCFG Command successful!
-ad|-pd -ac=lghs
-c=id or adisk|
pdisk -
action=listglobal
hotspare
controllerid=id
NA NA
Displays the array (physical) disks used for global
hot spare for the specified controller.
Example:
A:>raidcfg -ad -ac=lghs -c=2
RAIDCFG Command successful!
-ctrl —ac=rghs -
c=id -ad|-pd=
ch:targ:encl or
controller
action=removeglob
alhotspare
controllerid=id
adisk|
pdisk=channel:tar
get:enclosure
NA NA
Unassigns all the specified global hot spares to a
disk on the specified controller.
Example:
A:>raidcfg -ctrl -ac=rghs -c=2-
ad=0:1,0:2
RAIDCFG Command successful!
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