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The cfggen Utility, Starting cfggen, Using cfggen, Delete Array

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6. Select Delete Array and press Enter. An additional confirmation appears. WARNING! If you delete an array, all data on the array is lost. The cfggen Utility The cfggen utility is a command line utility that runs in the Linux, EFI, and Windows Pre-Installation (WinPE) environments. It is a minimally interactive program that you execute from a command line prompt, or a shell script. The results from invoking this utility are communicated through the program status value that is returned when the program exits. Use cfggen to create IM storage configurations on SAS controllers. Some cfggen commands work only with SAS adapters in the EFI environment. Starting cfggen To use cfggen, navigate to the directory that contains the utility. To navigate to the directory, follow these steps: 1. Insert the HP IPF Offline Diagnostic and Utilities CD into the CD drive. 2. Boot the system to the EFI shell prompt. 3. From the EFI shell prompt, change to the CD drive. shell> fs0: fs0:\> 4. Change to the directory that contains cfggen.efi. fs0:\> cd \EFI\HP\TOOLS\IO_CARDS\SAS fs0: EFI\HP\TOOLS\IO_CARDS\SAS> 5. Run cfggen commands from this directory. See "Using cfggen." Using cfggen The cfggen utility uses a command line interface. Command syntax is not case sensitive;, you can enter cfggen commands and parameters in uppercase, lowercase, or a mixture of the two. The following conventions are used in the command descriptions: • Text in italics must be entered exactly as shown on the command line. • Text surrounded by must be replaced with a required parameter. The cfggen Utility 41

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6.
Select
Delete Array
and press Enter. An additional confirmation appears.
WARNING!
If you delete an array, all data on the array is lost.
The cfggen Utility
The
cfggen
utility is a command line utility that runs in the Linux, EFI, and Windows
Pre-Installation (WinPE) environments. It is a minimally interactive program that you execute
from a command line prompt, or a shell script. The results from invoking this utility are
communicated through the program status value that is returned when the program exits. Use
cfggen
to create IM storage configurations on SAS controllers. Some
cfggen
commands work
only with SAS adapters in the EFI environment.
Starting cfggen
To use
cfggen
, navigate to the directory that contains the utility. To navigate to the directory,
follow these steps:
1.
Insert the HP IPF Offline Diagnostic and Utilities CD into the CD drive.
2.
Boot the system to the EFI shell prompt.
3.
From the EFI shell prompt, change to the CD drive.
shell>
fs0:
fs0:\>
4.
Change to the directory that contains
cfggen.efi
.
fs0:\>
cd \EFI\HP\TOOLS\IO_CARDS\SAS
fs0: EFI\HP\TOOLS\IO_CARDS\SAS>
5.
Run
cfggen
commands from this directory. See “
Using cfggen
.”
Using cfggen
The
cfggen
utility uses a command line interface. Command syntax is not case sensitive;, you
can enter
cfggen
commands and parameters in uppercase, lowercase, or a mixture of the two.
The following conventions are used in the command descriptions:
•
Text in italics must be entered exactly as shown on the command line.
•
Text surrounded by <> must be replaced with a required parameter.
The cfggen Utility
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