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Intel® RSTe Command Line Interface (RSTCLI) Utility Overview 6 Intel® RSTe Command Line Interface (RSTCLI) Utility Overview RSTCLI is an end user command line utility used to do basic RAID operations on Intel® RSTe enabled systems. Intel® RSTe supports RAID0, RAID1, RAID5 and RAID10 volumes. RSTCLI supports creating RAID volumes through the create mode and managing RAID volumes through the Manage mode. In addition there are miscellaneous options such as help, status and version. Options for Intel® RSTe are case sensitive. Both long and short versions of the options are given: Table 3. Intel® RSTe Command Line Interface Utility Options Flag Name -C --create -I --information -M --manage -m --modify -h --help -r --rescan -V --version -q --quiet Description Creates a volume and array if one does not already exist, creates a new volume on an existing array; used to denote Create Mode Displays controller, array, volume, enclosure and disk information; used to denote Information Mode Manages specific components of arrays, volumes and disks; used to denote Manage Mode Modifies a volume or an array; used to denote Modify Mode Prints documentation of how to invoke the program Forces the system to rescan for hardware changes. Prints version information Suppress output for create, modify and manage. This will limit output to error return codes only. This mode is used to facilitate the use of command line scripts. 6.1 General Usage The general command line format of the RSTCLI is as follows: rstcli [optional mode] [option]{[options]} Note: rstcli.exe is for 32-bit Windows* operating systems and rstcli64.exe is for 64-bit. For the purposes of this section, rstcli will be used. To see all available commands and options enter the following: rstcli -help To obtain additional information on a particular optional mode enter the following command: rstcli [mode] -help 6.1.1 +Create The create option is used to create RAID volumes. To create a RAID volume, enter the following: rstcli --create --level x [--size y] [--strip-size z] --name string [--create-from-existing diskId] diskId {[diskId]} 72 Intel® RSTe User's Guide

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Intel
®
RSTe Command Line Interface (RSTCLI) Utility Overview
72
Intel
®
RSTe User
’
s Guide
6 Intel
®
RSTe Command Line Interface (RSTCLI)
Utility Overview
RSTCLI is an end user command line utility used to do basic RAID operations on Intel
®
RSTe enabled
systems. Intel
®
RSTe supports RAID0, RAID1, RAID5 and RAID10 volumes. RSTCLI supports creating
RAID volumes through the create mode and managing RAID volumes through the Manage mode. In
addition there are miscellaneous options such as help, status and version.
Options for Intel
®
RSTe are case sensitive. Both long and short versions of the options are given:
Table 3. Intel
®
RSTe Command Line Interface Utility Options
Flag
Name
Description
-C
--create
Creates a volume and array if one does not already exist, creates a new
volume on an existing array; used to denote Create Mode
-I
--information
Displays controller, array, volume, enclosure and disk information; used to
denote Information Mode
-M
--manage
Manages specific components of arrays, volumes and disks; used to denote
Manage Mode
-m
--modify
Modifies a volume or an array; used to denote Modify Mode
-h
--help
Prints documentation of how to invoke the program
-r
--rescan
Forces the system to rescan for hardware changes.
-V
--version
Prints version information
-q
--quiet
Suppress output for create, modify and manage. This will limit output to error
return codes only. This mode is used to facilitate the use of command line
scripts.
6.1
General Usage
The general command line format of the RSTCLI is as follows:
rstcli [optional mode] <raid-device> [option]{[options]}<component-device>
Note:
rstcli.exe is for 32-bit Windows* operating systems and rstcli64.exe is for 64-bit. For the purposes of
this section, rstcli will be used.
To see all available commands and options enter the following:
rstcli
–
help
To obtain additional information on a particular optional mode enter the following command:
rstcli [mode]
–
help
6.1.1 +Create
The create option is used to create RAID volumes. To create a RAID volume, enter the following:
rstcli --create --level x [--size y] [--strip-size z] --name string [--create-from-existing diskId] diskId
{[diskId]}