Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide - Page 175

MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide Chapter 5: MegaRAID Command Tool | Command Line Abbreviations and Conventions For the Solaris operating system, we release MegaCLI as a package that can be installed like any other package installation in Solaris. For the Novell NetWare operating system, we provide an executable file, MegaCLI.nlm, that you can execute from any folder. No installation is required. The output of all of the commands appears in the console window. 5.3 Command Line Abbreviations and Conventions 5.3.1 Abbreviations Used in the Command Line This section explains the abbreviations and conventions used with MegaCLI Configuration Utility commands. The following table lists the abbreviations for the virtual drive parameters used in the following sections. Table 23: Command Line Abbreviations Abbreviation WB WT ADRA RA NORA DIO CIO Description WriteBack write policy WriteThrough write policy Adaptive Read Ahead read policy Read Ahead read policy Normal Read policy (No read ahead) Direct I/O cache policy Cached I/O cache policy 5.3.2 Conventions There are some options for which you can specify multiple values. You can enter commands for a single controller (-aN), multiple controllers (-a0,1,2) or work on all present controllers (-aALL). This is denoted as -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL in this document and specifies that you can enter commands for one controller, multiple controllers, or all controllers. NOTE: All options in the MegaRAID Command Tool are position-dependent, unless otherwise specified. The following table describes the conventions used in the options. Table 24: Conventions Convention | -aN -a0,1,2 -aALL -Lx Description Specifies "or," meaning you can choose between options. N specifies the controller number for the command. Specifies the command is for controllers 0, 1, and 2. You can select two or more controllers in this manner. Specifies the command is for all controllers. x specifies the virtual drive number for the command. Page 175