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Syncro CS 9286-8e Solution User Guide
March 2013
Chapter 3: Creating the Syncro CS 9286-8e Configuration
Creating Virtual Drives on the Controller Nodes
— The HA-DAS version of MegaCLI creates, by default, a shared VD that is visible to all cluster nodes.
NOTE To create a VD that is visible only to the node that created it (such as
creating a boot volume for this cluster node), add the -exclusive
parameter to the command line.
— The -a0 parameter selects the first Syncro CS 9286-8e controller in the system.
For more information about MegaCLI command line parameters, refer to the MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide.
3.3.2.2 Creating Shared or Exclusive VDs: Running MegaCLI from a Windows Command Prompt
Follow these steps to create shared VDs with MegaCLI on Microsoft Windows Server 2012, running in a Windows
command prompt:
1. Move the mouse to the lower right hand corner of the screen and select Search when the icons appear, as shown
in the following figure.
Figure 14 Selecting Search
2. Search for cmd, as shown in the following figure.
Figure 15 Searching for ’cmd’
The system finds the command prompt.
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