Dell PowerVault MD3420 User Manual

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Parameter

Description

readCacheEnabled

The setting to turn on or turn off the read cache.
To turn on the read cache, set this parameter to
TRUE. To turn off the read cache, set this
parameter to FALSE.

writeCacheEnabled

The setting to turn on or turn off the write cache.
To turn on the write cache, set this parameter to
TRUE. To turn off the write cache, set this
parameter to FALSE.

cacheReadPrefetch

The setting to turn on or turn off cache read
prefetch. To turn off cache read prefetch, set this
parameter to FALSE. To turn on cache read
prefetch, set this parameter to TRUE.

addCapacity

The setting to increase the storage size (capacity)
of the virtual disk for which you are defining
properties. Size is defined in units of bytes, KB, MB,
GB, or TB. The default value is bytes.

NOTE: A space must be added between the
last digit and the size (bytes, KB, MB, or GB) for
values greater than 9.

addPhysicalDisks

Adds new physical disks to the virtual disk. Specify
the enclosure ID and slot ID for each physical disk
that you assign to the virtual disk. Enclosure ID
values are 0 to 99. Slot ID values are 0 to 31. You
must put brackets ([ ]) around the enclosure ID
values and the slot ID values. Use with the
addCapacity parameter if you must specify
additional physical disks to accommodate the new
size.

consistencyCheckEnabled

Turns consistency checking during a media scan
on or off. To turn consistency checking on, set to
TRUE. To turn consistency checking off, set to
FALSE.

segmentSize

Amount of data (in kilobytes) that the RAID
controller module writes on a single physical disk
in a virtual disk before writing data on the next
physical disk. Valid values are 8, 16, 32, 64, 128,
256, or 512. For information about the
segmentSize parameter, see Using The Auto
Configure Command.

userLabel

Specifies the new name to give an existing virtual
disk. You must put quotation marks (" ") around the
new virtual disk name.

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