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Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 13ExampleARCCONF COPYBACK 1 ONarcconf createCreates a new logical drive or JBOD. You must provide the channel and device ID of the physicaldevices.On redundant logical drives, ARCCONF performs autosynchronization.ARCCONF presents JBODs as physical devices, not logical drives.SyntaxARCCONF CREATE LOGICALDRIVE [Options] DRIVE#> [CHANNEL# DRIVE#] ... [noprompt]ARCCONF CREATE LOGICALDRIVE RVOLUME [LD#] ... [noprompt]ARCCONF CREATE JBOD [CHANNEL# DRIVE#] ...[noprompt]ParametersController# is the controller numberLogical Drive indicates the logical drive stripe size with the following options:● Stripesize —Allows the logical drive stripe size to be built. Optional parametersfor specifying a stripe size. STRIPE is specified in kilobytes 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512 and1024 are supported. The default is 256KB.● Legs —Optional parameters for specifying number of legs. Value is an integer.● LEG—Number of legs for RAID level 50 or 60.● RAID 50—2-16 legs, 3-32 drives/leg, 128 drives max.● RAID 60—2-16 legs, 4-16 drives/leg, 128 drives max.● Name —Optional parameter for specifying the alias name of a logical device thatis displayed in the utilities. Value is a string of up to 16 characters.● Priority —Initialization Priority for logical drive to be created. Valid optionsare: HIGH, MED, or LOW.● Method —Initialization method for the logical drive. Valid options include:BUILD, CLEAR, QUICK, SKIP.● Rcache—The parameter to set the logical drive read cache.● RON - read cache on● ROFF - read cache off● Wcache—The parameter to set the logical drive write cache.● WT - write-through disabled● WB - write-back enabled● WBB - write-back enabled (when protected by a battery)● MaxIQcache—The parameter to set the logical drive MaxIQ cache.● ION - MaxIQ cache on● IOFF - MaxIQ cache offSize indicates the size of the logical drive in megabytes. Use MAX to set size to available space. |
