Dell 38XX, 34XX, 32XX, 36XX manual About The Script Commands

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About The Script Commands

You can use the script commands to configure and manage a storage array. The script commands are distinct from the command line interface (CLI) commands; however, you enter the script commands using the command line interface. You can enter individual script commands, or run a file of script commands. When entering an individual script command, include it as part of a CLI command. When running a file of script commands, include the file name as part of a CLI command. The script commands are processed by a script engine that performs the following functions:

•Verifies command syntax

•Interprets the commands

•Converts the commands to the appropriate protocol-compliant commands, which is, in turn, run by the RAID controller module

•Passes the commands to the storage array

At the storage array, the redundant array of independent disks (RAID) controller modules in the storage array runs the script commands.

The script engine and script commands support the storage array configuration and management operations listed in the following table.

Table 4. Configuration and Management Operations

Operation	Activities
Virtual disk, disk group configuration	Creating, deleting, and setting priority; labeling;
	setting physical disk composition when creating
	virtual disks; setting segment size; and setting
	media scan control
Physical disk configuration	Configuring the hot spare
RAID controller module configuration	Defining virtual disk ownership, changing mode
	settings, defining network settings, and setting host
	port IDs
General storage array configuration	Resetting a configuration to defaults, labeling,
	checking the health status, setting the time of day,
	clearing the Major Event Log, and setting the
	media scan rate
NVSRAM configuration	Downloading and modifying the user configuration
	region at the bit and byte level, displaying
	nonvolatile static random access memory
	(NVSRAM) values
Product identification	Retrieving the enclosure profile display data
Battery management	Setting the battery installation date

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