Hp StorageWorks 2000 Family Modular Smart Array CLI reference guide (481600-002, May 2008)

Chapter 3 Command Descriptions 65

create vdisk

Description

Creates a virtual disk using the specified RAID level, disk drives, and optional

vdisk spares. All disks used in a virtual disk and its spares must be either SAS or

SATA; mixing disk types is not supported. The following table specifies the number

of disks supported for each virtual disk type, as determined by its RAID level.

Input

Table 3-1 Number of Disk Drives Required for Each RAID Level

RAID Level Minimum–Maximum Number of Disk Drives

NRAID (non-RAID) 1

0 2–16

3 3–16

5 3–16

64-16

10 4–16

50 6–32

create vdisk level nraid|raid0|r0|raid1|r1|raid3|r3|raid5|r5

[assigned-to a|b|auto] [spare disks] [chunk-size 16k|32k|64k]

[mode online|offline] name

Parameter Description

level nraid|raid0|r0|

raid1|r1|raid3|r3|raid5

|r5|raid6|r6|raid10|r10

|raid50|r50

Specifies the RAID level.

disks disks Specifies a range or list of disk-drive IDs.

RAID 10 requires a minimum of two RAID-1

sub-vdisks each having two drives. RAID 50

requires a minimum of two RAID-5 sub-vdisks

each having three drives. For the syntax to use,

see “Disk Drive Syntax” on page 25.