Parameters, Description, Syntax – Dell PowerVault MD3420 User Manual

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Parameters

Parameter

Description

iscsiName

The default identifier of the iSCSI initiator.

userLabel

The name that you want to use for the iSCSI initiator. Enclose the
name in double quotation marks (" ").

host

The name of the host in which the iSCSI initiator is installed.

chapSecret

The password that you want to use to authenticate a peer
connection.

NOTE: Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) is a protocol that authenticates the
peer of a connection. CHAP is based upon the peers sharing a “secret.” A secret is a security key that
is similar to a password. Use chapSecret only for initiators requiring mutual authentication.

Create RAID Virtual Disk (Automatic Physical Disk Select)

Description

This command creates a disk group across the storage array physical disks, and a new virtual disk in the
disk group. The RAID controller modules in the storage array choose the physical disks to include in the
virtual disk.

Syntax

create virtualDisk physicalDiskCount=

numberOfPhysicalDisks

diskGroupUserLabel="diskGroupName"

raidLevel=(0 | 1 | 5 | 6)

userLabel=”virtualDiskName

[physicalDiskType=(SAS)

capacity=virtualDiskCapacity

owner=(0 | 1)

cacheReadPrefetch=(TRUE | FALSE)

segmentSize=segmentSizeValue

usageHint=(fileSystem | dataBase | multiMedia)

enclosureLossProtect=(TRUE | FALSE)

drawerLossProtect=(TRUE | FALSE)

dssPreAllocate=(TRUE | FALSE)

securityType=(none | capable | enabled)]

Parameters

Parameter

Description

physicalDiskCount

Number of unassigned physical disks to use in the disk group.

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