CLI Guide

Table 164. Write Policy Parameters
Write Policy writepolicy=wb | wt | wc | fwb | nwc Parameter
Specification
Write-back cache writepolicy=wb
Write-through cache writepolicy=wt
Write cache writepolicy=wc
Force write back writepolicy=fwb
No write cache writepolicy=nwc
Controller
Controller=id - Specify the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command. For example,controller=2
Raid
Use the raid=<c| r0 | r1| r1c | r5 | r6 | r10 | r50 | r60> parameter to specify a RAID level for a virtual disk. Different controllers support
different RAID levels. For more information about RAID levels a controller supports and for general information about RAID levels, see the
Dell EMC OpenManage Online Help. The following table displays how to specify the raid=n parameter for each RAID level.
Table 165. Raid level and parameter specification
RAID level raid=n parameter specification
RAID-0 raid=r0
RAID-1 raid=r1
RAID-5 raid=r5
RAID-6 raid=r6
RAID-10 raid=r10
RAID-50 raid=r50
RAID-60 raid=r60
size parameter
The following table displays how to specify the size=<number | max | min>
Table 166. Size Parameter
size=<number | max | min> Parameter Specification Description
size=<n> Use this specification to indicate a specific size for the virtual disk.
The virtual disk size is specified in b (bytes), m (megabytes), or g
(gigabytes). For example, size=500m indicates that the virtual
disk is 500 MB.
size=max To create a virtual disk that is the maximum size possible, specify
size=max. When creating a RAID-50 virtual disk, this parameter is
specified as size=max.
size=min To create a virtual disk that is the minimum size possible, specify
size=min.
stripesize
stripesize=<2kb | 4kb | 8kb | 16kb | 32kb | 64kb | 128kb>
Different controllers support different stripe sizes. For more information on stripe sizes supported for a controller, see the Dell EMC
OpenManage Online Help. All stripe sizes are specified in kilobytes. For example, when specifying 128 KB as the stripe size, type:
stripesize=128kb
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