Dell PowerVault MD3060e Series, Cli Manual

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NOTE: Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) is a protocol that authenticates the peer of a
connection. CHAP is based upon the peers sharing a “secret.” A secret is a security key that is similar to a
password. Use
chapSecret
only for initiators requiring mutual authentication.
Create RAID Virtual Disk (Automatic Physical Disk Select)
This command creates a disk group across the storage array physical disks, and a new virtual disk in the disk group. The
RAID controller modules in the storage array choose the physical disks to include in the virtual disk.
Syntax
create virtualDisk physicalDiskCount=
numberOfPhysicalDisks
diskGroupUserLabel=" diskGroupName "
raidLevel=(0 | 1 | 5 | 6)
userLabel=” virtualDiskName ”
[physicalDiskType=(SAS)
capacity=virtualDiskCapacity
owner=(0 | 1)
cacheReadPrefetch=(TRUE | FALSE)
segmentSize= segmentSizeValue
usageHint=(fileSystem | dataBase | multiMedia)
enclosureLossProtect=(TRUE | FALSE)
drawerLossProtect=(TRUE | FALSE)
dssPreAllocate=(TRUE | FALSE)
securityType=(none | capable | enabled)]
Parameters
Parameter Description
physicalDiskCount Number of unassigned physical disks to use in the disk group.
NOTE: The physicalDiskCount parameter enables you to choose the
number of physical disks to use in the disk group. You do not need to
specify the physical disks by enclosure ID and slot ID. The RAID
controller modules choose the specific physical disks to use for the
disk group.
diskGroupUserLabel The alphanumeric identifier (including – and _) that you want to give the
new disk group. Enclose the disk group identifier in double quotes (" ").
raidLevel RAID level of the disk group that contains the virtual disk. Valid values are
0
,
1
,
5
or
6
.
userLabel Name to give to the new virtual disk. You must put quotation marks (" ")
around the new virtual disk name.
physicalDiskType Specifies the type of physical disk to use in the virtual disk. You cannot
mix physical disk types in the virtual disk. The valid physical disk type is
SAS
.
capacity The size of the virtual disk that you are adding to the storage array. Size is
defined in units of bytes,
KB
,
MB
,
GB
, or
TB
.
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