CLI Guide

Table 332. RAIDCFG Short and Long Format Options (continued)
Option Valid Arguments Short Description Mandatory or Optional
See RAID Replication
Options for specific usage
information.
-r or raid <valid RAID level
number>
Sets the RAID level for the array.
Valid RAID values are 0, 1, 5, 10,
50.
If no value is specified for RAID, 0is
taken as the default level.
Optional.
See Creating Virtual
Disks for specific usage
information.
-rp or
readpolicy
ra, ara, nra, rc, nrc
Sets the read policy for the virtual disk.
Optional.
See Creating Virtual
Disks for specific usage
information.
-se or
setenvironmen
t
NA
Sets a user-defined environment
variable to the value returned from the
function call. The function calls are:
getcontrollerslots,
getfirmware,
getcontrollertype,
getadisks, getadiskcount,
getfreeadisks,
getfreeadiskcount,
getfreeadisksize, and
gethotspares.
Mandatory.
See Setting Environment
Variables for specific usage
information.
-si or silent
NA Does not display any information on the
terminal console.
Optional.
See Miscellaneous Options
for specific 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 specified
spanlength.
Mandatory.
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
Optional.
See Creating Virtual
Disks for specific usage
information.
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