American Megatrends MAN-STOR-ITX27-CLI manual Volume Configuration

Volume Configuration

Initial volume configuration can be done in three stages.

1. RAID Disk Creation

At the base level is the RAID CONTROLLER.

CLI> list –-type or –t controller raid <Enter>

Example: list –t controller raid

This will list the available RAID controllers in the system. By default, Software MD will be shown as a RAID controller with controller number “0”. If Hardware RAID controllers present, then they will take precedence over Software MD.

CLI> list –-type or -t PD --controllerno or -n 0 raid <Enter>

Example: list –t pd –n 0 raid

This will list the PD’s that are available for configuration in controller number zero. PD’s can be grouped through a RAID level to form a Logical disk – LD.

CLI>create –-type or -t LD –-stripesize or -p 64

–-diskname or -d /dev/sda (use –d 1 or –d 2…15 on a 3U) –-diskname or –d /dev/sdb

–-diskname or –d /dev/sdc –-diskname or –d /dev/sdd --raidlevel or –r 0 --controllerno or –n 0 --cachemode or –m 3 raid <Enter>

Example: create –t ld –p 64 –d 1 –d 2 –r 1 –n 0 –m 2 raid

This will create a RAID 1 Logical Disk – LD with 64K-chunk size and two disks on a 3U.

Example: create –t ld –p 64 –d /dev/sda –d /dev/sdb –d /dev/sdc –r 5 –n 0 –m 1 raid

This command will crate a RAID 5 Logical disk – LD with 64 k chunk size and three disks on a 1U box.

CLI> list –-type or –t LD raid <Enter>

Example: list –t ld raid

This will list the available RAID LD’s present in the system.

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