Deployment Guide

Mandatory Options
and Arguments
Optional Parameters Valid Parameters
Arguments
Description
Example:
A:>raidcfg -vd -c=2 -vd=2 -ac=sli
-vd -c=id -vd=id
-ac=ci or vdisk
controllerid=id
vdisk=id
action=cancelinit
NA NA
Cancels the initialization of the virtual disk with the
cancelinit command. This feature is supported on
PERC 5 and later controllers and is not supported
on SAS controllers. Using the cancelinit command
on unsupported controllers returns an error..
Example:
A:>raidcfg -vd -c=2 -vd=2 -ac=ci
Resetting The Controller
The following table lists the RAIDCFG options, parameters, and predefined arguments for resetting the controller.
Table 341. Resetting The Controller
Mandatory Options
and Arguments
Optional Parameters Valid Parameters
Arguments
Description
-ctrl -c=id -
ac=rst or
controller
controllerid=id
action=reset
NA NA
Resets the specified controller.
Example:
A:>raidcfg -ctrl -c=2 -ac=rst
-ctrl -c=id -
ac=rst -force or -
controller -
controllerid=id -
action=reset
force
NA
The parameter force, is optional. This option is
used to reset or delete the BootVD in Post
operating system.
Enabling And Disabling Persistent Dedicated Hot Spares
The following table lists the RAIDCFG options, parameters, and pre-defined arguments for enabling and disabling dedicated hot
spares.
Table 342. Enabling And Disabling Persistent Dedicated Hot Spares
Mandatory Options
and Arguments
Optional Parameters Valid Parameters
Arguments
Description
--ctrl -c=id -
ac=ephs
or
controller
controllerid=id
action=enableperi
stenthotspare
NA NA
Assigns the slot corresponding to the hot spare
drive as persistent. Any drive in the slot functions
as a hot spare if the drive is qualified to be a hot
spare.
NOTE: Assign hot spare for a bootable
virtual disk only from the disk drives of slot
0-3 of the system.
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