CLI Guide

Option Valid Arguments Short Description Mandatory or Optional
-si or silent
NA Does not display any information on the
terminal console.
Optional.
See Miscellaneous Options
for specic usage
information.
-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 specied
spanlength.
Mandatory.
See Creating Virtual Disks for
specic 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
specic 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
specic 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 specic usage
information.
<valid virtual disk ID
number>
Displays the specied virtual disk.
Optional.
See Enumerating Virtual
Disks for specic usage
information.
-ver or
version
NA Displays the version number of the utility.
Optional.
See Miscellaneous Options
for specic 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 specic usage
information.
RAID Conguration 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-dened arguments are case-sensitive and entered in lowercase, unless stated otherwise. The
information is grouped by task in the following sections:
• General Help
154