Dell PowerVault MD3200 CLI Guide - Page 137

Create RAID Virtual Disk (Manual Physical Disk Select

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Parameter usageHint dssPreAllocate securityType Description The settings for both the cacheReadPrefetch parameter and the segmentSize parameter should be the default values. The default values are based on the typical I/O usage pattern of the application that is using the virtual disk. Valid values are fileSystem, dataBase, or multiMedia. The setting to make sure that reserve capacity is allocated for future segment size increases. The default value is TRUE. The setting to specify the security level when creating the disk groups and all associated virtual disks. • none-The disk group and virtual disks are not secure. • capable-The disk group and virtual disks are capable of having security set, but security has not been enabled. • enabled-The disk group and virtual disks have security enabled. For information about securityType, see "Security Type" on page 127. Create RAID Virtual Disk (Manual Physical Disk Select) This command creates a new disk group and virtual disk, and enables you to specify the physical disks for the virtual disk. NOTE: You cannot use mixed physical disk types in the same disk group and virtual disk. This command fails if you specify different types of physical disks for the RAID virtual disk. Syntax create virtualDisk physicalDisks (enclosureID1,slotID1 enclosureID2,slotID2... enclosureIDn,slotIDn) [volumeGroupUserLabel=[diskGroupName]] Script Commands 137

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Script Commands
137
Create RAID Virtual Disk (Manual Physical Disk Select)
This command creates a new disk group and virtual disk, and enables you to
specify the physical disks for the virtual disk.
NOTE:
You cannot use mixed physical disk types in the same disk group and virtual
disk. This command fails if you specify different types of physical disks for the RAID
virtual disk.
Syntax
create virtualDisk physicalDisks
(enclosureID1,slotID1 enclosureID2,slotID2...
enclosureIDn,slotIDn)
[volumeGroupUserLabel=[diskGroupName]]
usageHint
The settings for both the
cacheReadPrefetch
parameter and the
segmentSize
parameter should be the
default values. The default values are
based on the typical I/O usage pattern of
the application that is using the virtual
disk. Valid values are
fileSystem
,
dataBase
, or
multiMedia
.
dssPreAllocate
The setting to make sure that reserve
capacity is allocated for future segment
size increases. The default value is
TRUE
.
securityType
The setting to specify the security level
when creating the disk groups and all
associated virtual disks.
none
—The disk group and virtual disks
are not secure.
capable
—The disk group and virtual
disks are capable of having security set,
but security has not been enabled.
enabled
—The disk group and virtual
disks have security enabled.
For information about securityType, see
"Security Type" on page 127.
Parameter
Description