Syntax, Parameters – Dell PowerVault MD3260i User Manual

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Syntax

autoConfigure storageArray

physicalDiskType=(SAS)

raidLevel=(0 | 1 | 5 | 6)

diskGroupWidth=numberOfPhysicalDisks

diskGroupCount=numberOfDiskGroups

virtualDisksPerGroupCount=numberOfVirtualDisksPerGroup

hotSpareCount=numberOfHotSpares

segmentSize=segmentSizeValue

cacheReadPrefetch=(TRUE | FALSE)

securityType=(none | capable | enabled)]

Parameters

Parameter

Description

physicalDiskType

Type of physical disks to use for the storage array. Valid
physical disk type is Serial Attached SCSI (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. 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 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.

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