About the script commands, Script command structure, 2 about the script commands – Dell PowerVault MD3260i User Manual

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About The Script Commands

You can use the script commands to configure and manage a storage array. The script commands are distinct from the
command line interface (CLI) commands; however, you enter the script commands using the command line interface.
You can enter individual script commands, or run a file of script commands. When entering an individual script
command, include it as part of a CLI command. When running a file of script commands, include the file name as part of
a CLI command. The script commands are processed by a script engine that performs the following functions:

Verifies command syntax

Interprets the commands

Converts the commands to the appropriate protocol-compliant commands, which is, in turn, run by the RAID

controller module

Passes the commands to the storage array

At the storage array, the redundant array of independent disks (RAID) controller modules in the storage array runs the
script commands.
The script engine and script commands support the storage array configuration and management operations listed in .

Table 4. Configuration and Management Operations

Operation

Activities

Virtual disk, disk group configuration

Creating, deleting, and setting priority; labeling; setting

physical disk composition when creating virtual disks;

setting segment size; and setting media scan control

Physical disk configuration

Configuring the hot spare

RAID controller module configuration

Defining virtual disk ownership, changing mode settings,

defining network settings, and setting host port IDs

General storage array configuration

Resetting a configuration to defaults, labeling, checking

the health status, setting the time of day, clearing the

Major Event Log, and setting the media scan rate

NVSRAM configuration

Downloading and modifying the user configuration region

at the bit and byte level, displaying nonvolatile static

random access memory (NVSRAM) values

Product identification

Retrieving the enclosure profile display data

Battery management

Setting the battery installation date

Firmware management

Downloading RAID controller module, enclosure

management module (EMM), and physical disk firmware

Script Command Structure

All script commands have the following structure:
command operand-data {statement-data}

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