NEC Express 5800 Series User Manual

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SSA Scripting 65The options for each category are listed in the following table and described in more detail in the remainderof this section.Category Options DescriptionControl ActionMethodThese options define the overall behavior of SSA when itprocesses scripts and creates configurations. Controloptions can occur only once in a script file and must belisted first.Controller BootVolumePrimaryBootVolumeSecondaryControllerCacheStateClearConfigurationWithDataLossDeleteLicenseKeyDPOEnableDriveWriteCacheElevatorSortEnableExpandPriorityHBAModeIRPEnableLatencyLicenseKeyMNPDelayNoBatteryWriteCacheParallelSurfaceScanCountPowerModeQueueDepthRaidArrayIdReadCacheRebuildPriorityRapidParityInitializationSurfaceScanDelaySurfaceScanDelayExtendedSurfaceScanModeWriteCacheOptions in this category specify the controller that is to beconfigured (or the controller that had its configurationcaptured). Although the Controller option must begin thissection of the script, you can script other options in thiscategory in any order.You can use one script file to configure all controllers in asystem, and you can configure the controllers identicallyor individually. If you define each controller configurationindividually, enter the option values for one controller andits arrays and logical drives before specifying the optionvalues for another controller.Array ArrayArrayR0CachingArrayDriveDriveTypeJoinOnlineSpareOnlineSpareModeSmartPathSplitMirrorThese options describe an array that is to be configuredon the controller that was previously specified in thescript. (If no controller was previously specified, SSAstops processing the script and creates an error file.)Although the Array option must begin this section of thescript, you can script the other options in this category inany order.Logical Drive ArrayAcceleratorLogicalDriveNumberOfParityGroupsPreferredPathRAIDRenumberRepeatResourceVolumeOwnerSectorsShrinkSizeSizeSizeBlocksStripSizeStripeSizeThese options describe a logical drive that is to beconfigured on an array that was previously specified inthe script. (If no array was previously specified, SSA stopsprocessing the script and creates an error file.) Althoughthe LogicalDrive option must begin this section of thescript, you can script the other options in this category inany order.Control categoryThe Control category has the following options: