Accusys eXpeRAID Basic Array Configuration Commands, 3.1, R5 RAID Level, Initialization Type

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TITLE	EXPERAID COMMAND LINE INTERFACE USER GUIDE
PROJECT		“DESKTOP RAID”	DOCUMENT STATUS	OFFICIAL RELEASE
REV.	G–05-NOV-2007			PAGE 16 OF 27

3.3.3 Basic Array Configuration Commands

3.3.3.1

Command Name	Command Description
CreateArray	Use this command to create an array with specified RAID level.
Parameter 1	Parameter Description
RAID Level:	RAID Level:
<Level=<R0:R1:R5:R6:	R0: RAID Level 0
R01>>	R1: RAID Level 1
Parameter 2	R5: RAID Level 5
Stripe Size:	R6: RAID Level 6
<Stripe=<8:16:32:64:128:2	R01: RAID Level 0+1
56>>	Stripe Size:
Parameter 3
Initialization Type:	Measures in KB.
<Type=<Fly:Evaluation>>	1 KB=2 Blocks.
Parameter 4	Initialization Type:
Member Drives:
<Drive=<z1,x~y,z2>>	Fly: On-the-fly initialization
	Evaluation: Performance evaluation
	Member Drives:
	Drive=<z1,x~y,z2>
	where z1, z2, x and y stand for drive numbers and y must be larger
	then x.

Example

CLI>CreateArray Level=R5 Stripe=128 Type=Fly Drive=3,4,6~8 [Enter]

Array will be created with drive 3,4,6,7,8 with an unused array number if all specified drives are available. If all array numbers have been used CLI will reply error.