Array definition block keywords, Array definition block keywords b-6 – Asus Adaptec 2025 ZCR User Manual

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B-6

ACU for DOS

Array Definition Block Keywords

The array definition block always begins with the keyword

Array

and ends with the keyword

End

. The other required array definition

keywords are

Drives

and

Type

. The array definition keywords

are listed in the table below alphabetically.

Keyword

Required?

Default

Value

Description

Array

Yes

None

Indicates the start of an array
definition block. See

page B-7

).

Drives

Yes

None

Specifies the devices used in
creating the array. See

page B-7

).

End

Yes

None

Indicates the end of an array
definition block. See

page B-7

for details.

HotspareDrives

No

None

Specifies the hotspares to
assign to the array. See

page B-8

).

InitializeAll

No

No

Indicates whether to initialize
all the drives connected to the
controller. See

page B-8

).

Method

Yes

Build

Indicates the method (Build/
Verify, Clear, or Quick Init) to
use when creating a redundant
array (see

page B-9

.

ReadCache

No

Yes

Indicates whether read
caching is enabled for this
array (see

page B-10

).

Size

No

Maximum

Specifies the size of the array
(see

page B-10

).

StripeSize

No

64

Specifies the size of contiguous
I/O, in bytes (see

page B-10

).

Type

Yes

None

Indicates the type of array to
create (see

page B-9

).

Wait

No

Yes

Indicates whether the ACU
should wait for the new array’s
build/verify or clear to com-
plete before continuing (see

page B-11

).

WriteCache

No

Yes

Indicates whether write cach-
ing is enabled for this array
(see

page B-11

).

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