Dell PowerVault MD3420 - Manual (Page 44)

virtualDiskConfigAndSettings=(TRUE | FALSE) |
hostTopology=(TRUE | FALSE) | lunMappings=(TRUE |
FALSE)]
You can choose to save the entire configuration or specific configuration features. The command for
setting this parameter value looks like the following example:
client>smcli 123.45.67.89 -c "save storageArray configuration file=
\"c:\folder\storageArrayconfig1.scr\";"
In this example, the name folder is the folder in which you choose to place the configuration file, and
storageArrayconfig1.scr is the name of the file. Choose any folder and any file name. MD Storage
Manager uses the file extension .scr when it creates the configuration file.
Using The Create Virtual Disk Command
The create virtualDisk command enables you to create new virtual disks in the storage array in
three ways:
• Create a new virtual disk while simultaneously creating a new disk group to which you assign the
physical disks.
• Create a new virtual disk while simultaneously creating a new disk group to which the MD Storage
Manager software assigns the physical disks.
• Create a new virtual disk in an existing disk group.
You must have unassigned physical disks in the disk group. You do not need to assign the entire capacity
of the disk group to a virtual disk.
Creating Virtual Disks With User-Assigned Physical Disks
When you create a new virtual disk and assign the physical disks to use, the MD Storage Manager
software creates a new disk group. The RAID controller module firmware assigns a disk group number to
the new disk group. The following syntax is the general form of the command:
create virtualDisk physicalDisks=
(enclosureID0,slotID0...enclosureIDn,slotIDn)
raidLevel=(0 | 1 | 5 | 6)userLabel=
"virtualDiskName" [capacity=virtualDiskCapacity
owner=(0 | 1) segmentSize=segmentSizeValue]
[enclosureLossProtect=(TRUE | FALSE)]
NOTE: The capacity, owner, segmentSize, and enclosureLossProtect parameters are
optional. You can use one or all of the optional parameters as needed to help define your
configuration. You do not, however, need to use any optional parameters.
The userLabel parameter is the name to give to the virtual disk. The virtual disk name can be any
combination of alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and underscores. The maximum length of the virtual
disk name is 30 characters. Spaces are not allowed. You must put quotation marks (" ") around the virtual
disk name.
The physicalDisks parameter is a list of the physical disks that you want to use for the disk group.
Enter the enclosure ID and slot ID of each physical disk that you want to use. Put parentheses around the
list. Separate the enclosure ID and slot ID of a physical disk by a comma. Separate each enclosure ID and
slot ID pair by a space. For example:
(0,0 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4)
The capacity parameter defines the size of the virtual disk. You do not have to assign the entire capacity
of the physical disks to the virtual disk. You can later assign any unused space to another virtual disk.
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