User's Manual

Operations 86
Script file options
Options in HP SSA script files are divided into the following categories:
• Control category (on page 87)
• Controller category (on page 87)
• Array category (on page 92)
• Logical Drive category (on page 94)
Each category has several scripting options, but you do not always need to assign values to every option. HP
SSA can use default values in some instances, while in other instances, a listed option might not be relevant
for a particular configuration or scripting mode.
The options for each category are listed in the following table and described in more detail in the remainder
of this section.
Category Options Description
Control
Action
Method
These options define the overall behavior of HP SSA
when it processes scripts and creates configurations.
Control options can occur only once in a script file and
must be listed first.
Controller
Controller
CacheState
ClearConfigurationWithDataLoss
DeleteLicenseKey
DPOEnable
DriveWriteCache
ElevatorSortEnable
ExpandPriority
IRPEnable
LicenseKey
MNPDelay
NoBatteryWriteCache
PreferredPathMode
QueueDepth
RaidArrayId
ReadCache
RebuildPriority
SurfaceScanDelay
SurfaceScanDelayExtended
SurfaceScanMode
WriteCache
Options in this category specify the controller that is to be
configured (or the controller that had its configuration
captured). Although the Controller option must begin this
section of the script, you can script other options in this
category in any order.
You can use one script file to configure all controllers in a
system, and you can configure the controllers identically
or individually. If you define each controller configuration
individually, enter the option values for one controller
and its arrays and logical drives before specifying the
option values for another controller.
Array
Array
Drive
DriveType
Join
OnlineSpare
Split
These options describe an array that is to be configured
on the controller that was previously specified in the
script. (If no controller was previously specified, HP SSA
stops processing the script and creates an error file.)
Although the Array option must begin this section of the
script, you can script the other options in this category in
any order.