HP XP P9000 RAID Manager Reference Guide (T1610-96061, January 2014)

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raidcom initialize ldev
Formats LDEVs. You can specify Quick Format, Normal Format, or Shredding.
A device group can also be specified instead of an LDEV.
This command is executed asynchronously with the command input. Check the completion of this
process on the raidcom get command_status command.
Syntax
raidcom initialize ldev {-ldev_id <ldev#>
| -grp_opt <group option> -device_grp_name <device group
name> [<device name>]} -operation <type>
Options and parameters
DescriptionOption
Specifies the LDEV number (0-65279). For example:
• -ldev_id 200
-ldev_id <ldev#>
Specifies the device information extracted from the LDEV belonging to the device
group.Specify "ldev" (fixed). The information of LDEV belonging to the device group is
used.
-grp_opt <group option>
Specifies the name of device group (maximum 32 characters) to be operated.-device_grp_name <device
group name> [<device
name>]
To operate an LDEV in the device group, specify the device name of LDEV (maximum 32
characters) within the device group.
If the device name is omitted, all the LDEVs belonging in the device group are operated.
Instructs the operation.-operation <type>
The following operations can be specified.
• fmt: Normal Format
• qfmt: Quick Format
• shrd [<pattern>]: Shredding
Formats the LDEV three times according to the shredding pattern which is specified to
"pattern".
If <pattern> is specified, format the LDEV three times according to the following order:
◦ 0x00000000
◦ The specified shredding pattern
◦ 0x00000000
If <pattern> is omitted, format the LDEV three times according to the following order:
◦ 0x00000000
◦ 0xFFFFFFFF
◦ 0x00000000
• stop: Stops shredding. The processing for all LDEVs stops. However, normal and quick
format processing cannot be stopped.
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