Chapter 6: Management with the CLI

 

 

list

(Default) Displays a summary of one or more logical

 

drives.

mod

Changes logical drive settings.

locate

Locates a logical drive within the enclosure by flashing

 

drive carrier LEDs.

-l [<LD ID>]

Logical drive ID.

-c [<LD count>]

Logical drive count. Requires the -a list option.

-s ["<option>=<value>"]Specifies the logical drive settings to change.

alias=

A user-specified name for the logical drive.

 

Up to 32 characters, containing alpha-numeric

 

characters, blank spaces and underscores. Beginning

 

and ending blank spaces are discarded.

WritePolicy=

Specifies logical drive write policy.

writethru

Writes are not cached.

writeback

Writes are cached. Note: Cannot be set if ReadPolicy is

 

set to “nocache.”

ReadPolicy=

Specifies logical drive read policy.

readahead

Reads extra data to help reduce read times of sequential

 

data.

readcache

Caches reads in the case the same request is made

 

again.

nocache

No caching algorithm.

PreferredCtrlId=

Specifies which controller the LD is prefers for LUN

 

affinity. Valid value is 1 or 2.

-v

Verbose mode. Used with -a list.

Examples

logdrv logdrv -v

logdrv -a mod -l0 -s "readpolicy=readahead" logdrv -a locate -l2

migrate

Usage

migrate [-a <action>] [-d <DaId>]

migrate -a start -d <DaId> -p <PdIds> -l <LdSettings>

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