3 basic array configuration commands – Accusys eXpeRAID User Manual

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TITLE

EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFACE USER GUIDE

PROJECT

“DESKTOP RAID”

DOCUMENT STATUS

OFFICIAL RELEASE

REV.

G–05-NOV-2007

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3.3.3 Basic Array Configuration Commands

3.3.3.1

Command Name

Command Description

CreateArray

Use this command to create an array with specified RAID level.

Parameter 1

Parameter Description

RAID Level:
<Level=<R0:R1:R5:R6:
R01>>
Parameter 2
Stripe Size:
<Stripe=<8:16:32:64:128:2
56>>
Parameter 3
Initialization Type:
<Type=<Fly:Evaluation>>
Parameter 4

RAID Level:
R0: RAID Level 0
R1: RAID Level 1
R5: RAID Level 5
R6: RAID Level 6
R01: RAID Level 0+1

Stripe Size:
Measures in KB.

1 KB=2 Blocks.

Initialization Type:
Fly: On-the-fly initialization
Evaluation: Performance evaluation

Member Drives:
Drive=<z1,x~y,z2>
where z1, z2, x and y stand for drive numbers and y must be larger
then x.

Example

Member Drives:
<Drive=<z1,x~y,z2>>

CLI>CreateArray Level=R5 Stripe=128 Type=Fly Drive=3,4,6~8
[Enter]
Array will be created with drive 3,4,6,7,8 with an unused array number
if all specified drives are available. If all array numbers have been used
CLI will reply error.

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