Chapter 9: Using the CFGGEN IR Configuration Utility

Text surrounded by <> must be replaced with a required parameter.

Text surrounded by [ ] may be replaced by an optional parameter.

Parameters surrounded by {} must be entered one or more times, as is appropriate for the command being executed.

The command line definition characters <>, [ ], and {} must not be entered on the command line.

Common Command Line Parameters

This section describes CFGGEN command line parameters that are common to more than one command.

<controller #> – The unique controller number of a PCI function found in the system, starting with controller # 0. For example, in a system containing two SAS1068 controllers, controller # 0 references the first controller and controller # 1 references the other controller.

Valid controller number values are 0 to 255 (decimal).

<SCSI ID> – The SCSI bus address of a peripheral device attached to an SAS controller. The valid SCSI ID values for supported SAS controllers are 0 to 127 (decimal) per controller.

NOTE: With PBSRAM, the SAS1068/1068E controllers can support more than

128devices.

<Enclosure:Bay> – The Enclosure and bay/slot of a peripheral device attached to the bus. The argument must use a colon (:) as a separator and must follow the enclosure:bay format. This argument is only valid when used with the bay command line argument. Valid numbers are 0 to 127 (decimal).

CREATE Command

The CREATE command creates IM, IME, and IS volumes on supported SAS controllers.

When a disk drive is added to an IM, IME, or IS volume, its entire storage capacity may or may not be used, depending on drive capacity and volume capacity. For example, if you add a 36-GB disk drive to a volume that only uses 9-GB of capacity on each disk drive, the remaining 27-GB of capacity on the disk drive is unusable.

The disk identified by the first SCSI ID on the command line is assigned as the primary disk drive when an IM volume is created. If the controller is allowed to resync the disk drives, the data on the primary disk drive will be available when you access the newly created volume.

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AOCS2308LL8E specifications

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