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Table 330. RAIDCFG Short and Long Format Options (continued)
Option Valid Arguments Short Description Mandatory or Optional
-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
(stripe) size. The units are always
listed in KB.
Optional.
See Creating Virtual Disks
for specific 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 specific usage
information.
<valid virtual disk ID
number>
Displays the specified virtual disk.
Optional.
See Enumerating Virtual
Disks for specific usage
information.
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