CLI Guide

Mandatory Options and
Arguments
Optional Parameters Valid Parameters
Arguments
Description
– RAID 1: 100 MB
– RAID 5: 100 MB
– RAID 6: 100 MB
– RAID 10: 100 MB
– RAID 50: 100 MB
– RAID 60: 100 MB
• Software RAID controllers:
– RAID 0: 100 MB
– RAID 1: 100 MB
– RAID 5: 100 MB
– RAID 10: 100 MB
NOTE: If this option is not provided,
RAIDCFG determines the maximum virtual
disk size and creates it.
-ctrl -ac=cvd -
c=id -ad=
ch:targ,ch:targ,
... [or
ch:targ:encl,...]
or
controller
action=
createvdisk
controllerid= id
adisk=
channel:target:
lun,...
channel:target:
lun,... [or
channel:target:
enclosure,...]
-vdpi or
vdiskprotectionin
fo
0,1
Creates a virtual disk with the T10 Protection
Information (PI) feature enabled.
NOTE: This option is supported only on
PERC 9 controllers.
Example:
A:>raidcfg -ctrl -ac=cvd
-c=2
-ad=1:4,1:8 -vdpi=1
RAIDCFG Command successful!
-wp or
writepolicy
wb, wt, wc, nwc, fwb
Sets the write policy for the virtual disk. The valid
arguments are:
• wb — Write-Back caching sets the controller to
send a write-request completion signal as soon as
the data is in the controller cache but has not yet
been written to disk.
• wt — Write-Through caching sets the controller
to send a write-request completion signal only
after the data is written to the disk.
NOTE: The wb and wt options are supported
on the following RAID controllers only:
• PERC 5/E Adapter, PERC 5/I Integrated,
PERC 5/i Adapter
• PERC 6/i Integrated, PERC 6/i Adapter,
PERC 6/E Adapter
• PERC 7, PERC 8, and PERC 9
• wc — Write-Caching sets the controller to send a
write-request completion signal only after the data
is written to the disk.
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