Dell PowerVault MD3000 User Manual

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Script Commands

Create RAID Virtual Disk (Free Capacity Base Select)

This command creates a virtual disk in the free space of a disk group.

Syntax

create virtualDisk diskGroup=

diskGroupNumber

userLabel="

virtualDiskName

" [freeCapacityArea=

freeCapacityIndexNumber

capacity=

virtualDiskCapacity

owner=(0 | 1) segmentSize=

segmentSizeValue

]

Parameters

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" on page 53.

enclosureLossProtect

Specifies that enclosure loss protection is
enforced when creating the disk group.
To enforce enclosure loss protection, set
this parameter to TRUE. The default
setting is FALSE. For information about
the enclosureLossProtect parameter, see
"Enclosure Loss Protection" on page 52.

Parameter

Description

diskGroup

Sequence number of the disk group in
which to create the new virtual disk.
(To determine the sequence numbers of
the disk groups in your storage array, enter
the show storageArray Profile command.)

Parameter

Description

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