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When you assign the physical disks, if you set the enclosureLossProtect parameter to TRUE and have selected more than one physical disk from any one enclosure, the storage array returns an error. If you set the enclosureLossProtect parameter to FALSE, the storage array performs operations, but the disk group that you create might not have enclosure loss protection. When the RAID controller module firmware assigns the physical disks, if you set the enclosureLossProtect parameter to TRUE, the storage array returns an error if the RAID controller module firmware cannot provide physical disks that result in the new disk group having enclosure loss protection. If you set the enclosureLossProtect parameter to FALSE, the storage array performs the operation even if it means that the disk group might not have enclosure loss protection. Activate Storage Array Firmware This command activates firmware previously downloaded to the pending configuration area in the RAID controller modules in the storage array. Syntax activate storageArray firmware Parameters None Autoconfigure Storage Array This command automatically configures a storage array. Before entering the autoConfigure storageArray command, run the show storageArray autoConfiguration command. The show storageArray autoConfiguration command returns configuration information in the form of a list of valid physical disk types, RAID levels, virtual disk information, and hot spare information. (This list corresponds to the parameters for the autoConfigure storageArray command.) The RAID controller modules audit the storage array and then determine the highest RAID level that the storage array can support and the most efficient virtual disk definition for the RAID level. If the configuration described by the returned list is acceptable, enter the autoConfigure storageArray command without any parameters. To modify the configuration, change a 144 Script Commands

Section	Page
About the Command Line Interface	15
How to Use the Command Line Interface	16
Usage Notes	17
CLI Commands	18
Command Line Parameters	20
Formatting Considerations	26
Detailed Error Reporting	26
Exit Status	27
Usage Examples	29
About the Script Commands	31
Script Command Structure	32
Script Command Synopsis	34
Recurring Syntax Elements	36
Usage Guidelines	42
Adding Comments to a Script File	43
Configuring a Storage Array	45
Configuring a Storage Array	46
Determining What is on Your Storage Array	46
Saving a Configuration to a File	49
Using the Create Virtual Disk Command	50
Using the Auto Configure Command	54
Modifying Your Configuration	57
Setting the Storage Array Password	58
Setting Up SMTP and SNMP Alerts	58
Setting the RAID Controller Module Clocks	59
Setting the Storage Array Host Type	59
Setting Modification Priority	60
Assigning Global Hot Spares	61
Using the Snapshot Feature	63
Using Host Servers to Create an Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk	65
Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk	66
Enabling the Snapshot Virtual Disk Feature	67
Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk with User-Assigned Physical Disks	67
Preparing Host Servers to Create an Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk	67
Creating the Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk	68
Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk with Software-Assigned Physical Disks	70
Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk by Specifying a Number of Physical Disks	71
User-Defined Parameters	72
Names of Snapshot Virtual Disks and Repository Virtual Disks	74
Changing Snapshot Virtual Disk Settings	75
Stopping and Deleting a Snapshot Virtual Disk	76
Re-creating the Snapshot Virtual Disk	77
Preparing Host Servers to Re-create a Snapshot Virtual Disk	77
Re-creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk	78
Using the Virtual Disk Copy Feature	79
Creating a Virtual Disk Copy	80
Enabling the Virtual Disk Copy Feature	81
Determining Virtual Disk Copy Candidates	81
Creating a Virtual Disk Copy	82
Preparing Host Servers to Create a Virtual Disk Copy	82
Copying the Virtual Disk	83
Viewing Virtual Disk Copy Properties	84
Changing Virtual Disk Copy Settings	85
Recopying a Virtual Disk	87
Preparing Host Servers to Recopy a Virtual Disk	87
Recopying the Virtual Disk	88
Stopping a Virtual Disk Copy	89
Removing Copy Pairs	90
Interaction With Other Features	90
Storage Partitioning	91
Snapshot Virtual Disks	91
Using the Remote Replication Premium Feature	93
How Remote Replication Works	94
Replication Repository Virtual Disks	94
Replication Relationships	95
Data Replication	95
Link Interruptions or Secondary Virtual Disk Errors	97
Resynchronization	98
Creating a Remote Replicated Pair	99
Performance Considerations	100
Enabling the Remote Replication Premium Feature	101
Activating the Remote Replication Premium Feature	101
Determining Candidates for a Remote Replicated Pair	105
Creating a Remote Replicated Pair	105
Changing Remote Replication Settings	107
Suspending and Resuming a Replication Relationship	108
Removing a Replication Relationship	110
Deleting a Primary Virtual Disk or a Secondary Virtual Disk	110
Disabling the Remote Replication Premium Feature	111
Deactivating the Remote Replication Premium Feature	111
Interaction with Other Premium Features	111
Snapshot Virtual Disks	112
Virtual Disk Copy	112
Storage Partitioning	113
Virtual Disk Expansion	113
Maintaining a Storage Array	115
Routine Maintenance	115
Running a Media Scan	115
Running a Consistency Check	117
Resetting a RAID Controller Module	118
Enabling RAID Controller Module Data Transfer	118
Resetting Battery Age	118
Removing Persistent Reservations	118
Synchronizing RAID Controller Module Clocks	119
Locating Physical Disks	119
Performance Tuning	120
Monitoring Performance	120
Changing RAID Levels	121
Changing Segment Size	121
Defragmenting a Disk Group	122
Troubleshooting and Diagnostics	123
Collecting Physical Disk Data	123
Diagnosing a RAID Controller Module	123
Recovery Operations	124
Setting RAID Controller Module Operational Mode	124
Changing RAID Controller Module Ownership	126
Initializing a Physical Disk	126
Reconstructing a Physical Disk	127
Initializing a Virtual Disk	127
Redistributing Virtual Disks	128
Script Commands	129
Command Formatting Rules	130
Firmware Compatibility Levels	132
Commands Listed by Function	132
Disk Group Commands	132
Enclosure Commands	133
Host Topology Commands	133
iSCSI Commands	134
Physical Disk Commands	134
RAID Controller Module Commands	135
Remote Replication Commands	136
Session Command	136
Show String Command	136
Snapshot Commands	137
Storage Array Commands	137
Virtual Disk Commands	139
Virtual Disk Copy Commands	139
Commands Listed Alphabetically	140
Activate Remote Replication Feature	140
Activate Storage Array Firmware	144
Autoconfigure Storage Array	144
Autoconfigure Storage Array Hot Spares	147
Check Remote Replication Status	147
Check Virtual Disk Consistency	148
Clear Physical Disk Port Statistics	149
Clear Storage Array Configuration	150
Clear Storage Array Event Log	151
Clear Storage Array Firmware Pending Area	151
Clear Virtual Disk Reservations	152
Clear Virtual Disk Unreadable Sectors	153
Create Disk Group	154
Create Host	159
Create Host Group	160
Create Host Port	160
Create iSCSI Initiator	162
Create RAID Virtual Disk (Automatic Physical Disk Select)	162
Create RAID Virtual Disk (Free Capacity Base Select)	166
Create RAID Virtual Disk (Manual Physical Disk Select)	169
Create Remote Replication	173
Create Snapshot Virtual Disk	175
Create Storage Array Security Key	181
Create Virtual Disk Copy	183
Deactivate Remote Replication	185
Delete Disk Group	186
Delete Host	186
Delete Host Group	186
Delete Host Port	188
Delete iSCSI Initiator	189
Delete Virtual Disk	189
Diagnose RAID Controller Module	190
Diagnose Remote Replication	193
Disable Storage Array Feature	193
Download Enclosure Management Module Firmware	194
Download Physical Disk Firmware	195
Download Storage Array Firmware/NVSRAM	197
Download Storage Array Physical Disk Firmware	198
Download Storage Array NVSRAM	199
Enable Disk Group Security	199
Enable RAID Controller Module Data Transfer	201
Enable Storage Array Feature	201
Recopy Virtual Disk Copy	202
Re-create Remote Replication Repository Virtual Disk	204
Re-create Snapshot	206
Remove Remote Replication	209
Remove Virtual Disk Copy	210
Remove Virtual Disk LUN Mapping	211
Repair Virtual Disk Consistency	212
Replace Physical Disk	213
Reset RAID Controller Module	214
Reset Storage Array Battery Install Date	215
Reset Storage Array iSCSI Baseline	216
Reset Storage Array SAS PHY Baseline	216
Reset Storage Array Virtual Disk Distribution	217
Resume Remote Replication	217
Revive Disk Group	218
Revive Physical Disk	219
Save Enclosure Log Data	219
Save Physical Disk Channel Fault Isolation Diagnostic Status	220
Save Physical Disk Log	221
Save RAID Controller Module NVSRAM	221
Save Storage Array Configuration	222
Save Storage Array Events	223
Save Storage Array iSCSI Statistics	224
Save Storage Array Performance Statistics	225
Save Storage Array SAS PHY Counts	225
Save Storage Array State Capture	226
Save Storage Array Support Data	226
Set Disk Group	227
Set Disk Group Forced State	228
Set Enclosure Attribute	229
Set Enclosure Identification	230
Set Foreign Physical Disk to Native	231
Set Host	232
Set Host Channel	234
Set Host Group	235
Set Host Port	236
Set iSCSI Initiator	237
Set iSCSI Target Properties	238
Set Physical Disk Channel Status	239
Set Physical Disk Hot Spare	240
Set Physical Disk State	241
Set RAID Controller Module	241
Set Remote Replication	246
Set Session	249
Set Snapshot Virtual Disk	250
Set Storage Array	251
Set Storage Array Enclosure Positions	256
Set Storage Array ICMP Response	257
Set Storage Array iSNS Server IPv4 Address	257
Set Storage Array iSNS Server IPv6 Address	258
Set Storage Array iSNS Server Listening Port	258
Set Storage Array Learn Cycle	259
Set Storage Array Redundancy Mode	260
Set Storage Array Security Key	260
Set Storage Array Time	261
Set Storage Array Unnamed Discovery Session	262
Set Virtual Disk	262
Set Virtual Disk Copy	268
Show Current iSCSI Sessions	269
Show Disk Group	270
Show Disk Group Export Dependencies	270
Show Disk Group Import Dependencies	271
Show Host Ports	272
Show Physical Disk	272
Show Physical Disk Channel Statistics	275
Show Physical Disk Download Progress	276
Show RAID Controller Module	276
Show RAID Controller Module NVSRAM	278
Show Remote Replication Virtual Disk Candidates	279
Show Remote Replication Virtual Disk Synchronization Progress	280
Show Storage Array	280
Show Storage Array Auto Configure	282
Show Storage Array Host Topology	284
Show Storage Array LUN Mappings	285
Show Storage Array Negotiation Defaults	285
Show Storage Array Unconfigured iSCSI Initiators	286
Show Storage Array Unreadable Sectors	286
Show String	287
Show Virtual Disk	287
Show Virtual Disk Action Progress	289
Show Virtual Disk Copy	289
Show Virtual Disk Copy Source Candidates	290
Show Virtual Disk Copy Target Candidates	291
Show Virtual Disk Performance Statistics	291
Show Virtual Disk Reservations	292
Start Configuration Database Diagnostic	293
Start Disk Group Blink	294
Start Disk Group Defragment	294
Start Disk Group Export	295
Start Disk Group Import	296
Start Enclosure Blink	297
Start iSCSI DHCP Refresh	297
Start Physical Disk Blink	298
Start Physical Disk Channel Blink	298
Start Physical Disk Channel Fault Isolation Diagnostics	299
Start Physical Disk Initialize	300
Start Physical Disk Reconstruction	301
Start Secure Physical Disk Erase	301
Start Remote Replication Synchronization	302
Start Storage Array Blink	302
Start Storage Array iSCSI Refresh	303
Start Virtual Disk Initialization	303
Stop Configuration Database Diagnostic	304
Stop Disk Group Blink	304
Stop Enclosure Blink	304
Stop Physical Disk Blink	305
Stop Physical Disk Channel Blink	305
Stop Physical Disk Channel Fault Isolation Diagnostics	305
Stop Snapshot	306
Stop Storage Array Blink	306
Stop Storage Array iSCSI Session	307
Stop Storage Array Physical Disk Firmware Download	307
Stop Virtual Disk Copy	307
Suspend Remote Replication	308
Validate Storage Array Security Key	310
Sample Script Files	313
Configuration Script Example 1	314
Configuration Script Example 2	316
CLI Command Updates	319
New Commands	319
Updated Commands	320