Dell PowerVault MD3000 - Manual (Page 213)

Script Commands
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Parameters
Parameter Description
physicalDiskType Type of physical disk to use for the storage array. Valid
physical disk types are SAS or SATA. The
physicalDiskType parameter is not required if only one
type of physical disk is in the storage array. 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. This number depends on the capacity of the
physical disks. Integer values are required. For
information about the number of physical disks that
you can use in a disk group, see "Enclosure Loss
Protection" on page 52.
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 desired in the storage array. Use
integer values. For information about hot spares, see
"Assigning Global Hot Spares" on page 59.
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.