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deleting, locating, accepting, adding or deleting a logical

 

drive. Only one array may be specified.

-p <PD ID list>

Specifies physical drives to be used in an array, with -a

 

add option. PD IDs are specified individually or separated

 

by comma. Sequential group of physical drives are

 

specified by placing a ~ between numbers such as 1~6.

 

This will include physical drives 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

-s "<option>=<value>

Specifies array settings when creating (add) or modifying

 

(mod) an array. Options are comma separated.

alias=

A user-specified array name. Up to 32 characters, alpha-

 

numeric characters, blank spaces and underscores.

 

Beginning and ending blank spaces are discarded.

mediapatrol=

Enables or disables Media Patrol for this array.

enable

The default is enable.

disable

 

pdm=

Enables or disables PDM for this array.

enable

The default is enable.

disable

 

-l "<option>=<value>"

Specifies logical drive settings when adding a logical

 

drive to an existing array (addld) or during array creation

 

(add). Options are comma separated.

<LD ID list>

Specifies a list of Logical Drive IDs. Requires the -a delld

 

option.

ID=

Assigns a specific ID to an array. Overrides automatic ID

 

assignment. Valid values are 0-255.

Alias=

A user-specified name for the logical drive.

Raid=

Specifies logical drive RAID level.

0

Striping.

1

Mirroring on two drives.

5

Parity, requiring 3 or more drives.

10

Mirroring on even number of drives.

1e

Extended mirroring, requiring 2 or more drives.

50

Striping on multiple RAID 5, requiring 6 or more drives.

6

Allow two drive failure, requiring 4 or more drives.

60

Striping on multiple RAID 6, requiring 8 or more drives.

Capacity=

Specifies logical drive capacity. Can be specified in

 

megabytes (mb), gigabytes (gb) or terabytes (tb), up to 2

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