Dell PowerVault MD3000 User Manual

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Script Commands

NOTE:

Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) is a protocol that

authenticates the peer of a connection. CHAP is based upon the peers sharing a
“secret.” A secret is a security key that is similar to a password. Use

chapSecret

only for initiators requiring mutual authentication.

Create RAID Virtual Disk (Automatic Physical Disk Select)

This command creates a disk group across the storage array physical disks,
and a new virtual disk in the disk group. The RAID controller modules in the
storage array choose the physical disks to include in the virtual disk.

Syntax

create virtualDisk physicalDiskCount=

numberOfPhysicalDisks

raidLevel=0 | 1 | 5 | 6 userLabel=

"

virtualDiskName

" [physicalDiskType=(SAS | SATA)

capacity=

virtualdiskCapacity

owner=(0 | 1)

segmentSize=

segmentSizeValue

enclosureLossProtect=(TRUE | FALSE)]

Parameters

Parameter

Description

physicalDiskCount

Number of unassigned physical disks to
use in the disk group.

NOTE:

The physicalDiskCount parameter

enables you to choose the number of
physical disks to use in the disk group. You
do not need to specify the physical disks by
enclosure ID and slot ID. The RAID
controller modules choose the specific
physical disks to use for the disk group.

raidLevel

RAID level of the disk group that contains
the virtual disk. Valid values are 0, 1, 5
or 6.

userLabel

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

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