Cisco Systems 57712 Managing Storage Adapters, Create Virtual Drive from Unused Physical Drives

Managing Network Adapters

Managing Storage Adapters

Managing Storage Adapters

Create Virtual Drive from Unused Physical Drives

Before You Begin

You must log in with admin privileges to perform this task.

Procedure

	Command or Action	Purpose
Step 1	Server# scope chassis	Enters the chassis command mode.
Step 2	Server /chassis # scope	Enters command mode for an installed storage card.
	storageadapter slot
Step 3	Server /chassis/storageadapter #	At this point, you are prompted to enter information
	create virtual-drive	corresponding to the RAID level, the physical drives to be
		used, the size and the write policy for the new virtual drive.
		Enter the appropriate information at each prompt.
		When you have finished specifying the virtual drive
		information, you are prompted to confirm that the
		information is correct. Enter y (yes) to confirm, or n (no)
		to cancel the operation.
Step 4	Server /chassis/storageadapter #	Displays the existing virtual drives.
	show virtual-drive

This example shows how to create a new virtual drive that spans two unused physical drives.

Server# scope chassis

Server /chassis # scope storageadapter SLOT-3

Server /chassis/storageadapter # create-virtual-drivePlease enter RAID level

(0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60) --> 1

Please choose from the following 2 unused physical drives:

Slot 6: size 68664 MB

Slot 7: size 68664 MB

Specify physical disks for span 0:

Enter comma-separated PDs from above list--> 6,7

Please enter Virtual Drive name (15 characters maximum)--> test_v_drive

Please enter Virtual Drive size in MB, GB, or TB

Example format: '400 GB' --> 1000 MB

Optional attribute:

Write Policy: defaults to Write Back

OK? (y or n)--> n

0:Write Through

1:Write Back

2:Write Back with Bad BBU

3:Write Back Adaptive

Choose number from above options--> 2

Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Integrated Management Controller CLI Configuration Guide, Release 1.5

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