Parameters – Dell PowerVault MD3420 User Manual

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segmentSize=segmentSizeValue

cacheReadPrefetch=(TRUE | FALSE)

securityType=(none | capable | enabled)]

Parameters

Parameter

Description

physicalDiskType

Type of physical disk to use for the storage array.

Valid physical disk type is SAS. This parameter is

not required if only one type of physical disk is in

the storage array.

raidLevel

RAID level of the disk group that contains the

physical disks in the storage array. Valid RAID levels

are 0, 1, 5 or 6.

diskGroupWidth

Number of physical disks in a disk group in the

storage array. This number depends on the

capacity of the physical disks. Integer values are

required. For information about the number of

physical disks that you can use in a disk group, see

Enclosure Loss Protection.

diskGroupCount

Number of disk groups in the storage array. Use

integer values.

virtualDisksPerGroupCount

Number of equal-capacity virtual disks per disk

group. Use integer values.

hotSpareCount

Number of hot spares desired in the storage array.

Use integer values. For information about hot

spares, see Assigning Global Hot Spares.

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.

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.

securityType

The setting to specify the security level when

creating the disk groups and all associated virtual

disks. These settings are valid:

• none—The disk group and virtual disks are not

secure.

• capable—The disk group and virtual disks are

capable of having security set, but security has

not been enabled.

• enabled—The disk group and virtual disks have

security enabled.

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