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Parameter Description
NOTE: A space must be added between the last digit and the size
(bytes, KB, MB, or GB) for values greater than 9. If you do not specify
a capacity, all the available physical disk capacity in the disk group
is used. If you do not specify the capacity unit, bytes is used as the
default unit.
owner The RAID controller module that owns the virtual disk. Valid RAID
controller module identifier values are
0
and
1
. The identifier value is
0
for the RAID controller module on the top and
1
for the RAID controller
module on the bottom when viewed from the rear of the enclosure. If you
do not specify an owner, the RAID controller module firmware
determines the owner.
NOTE: The
owner
parameter defines which RAID controller module
owns the virtual disk.
cacheReadPrefetch The setting to turn on or turn off cache read prefetch. To turn off cache
read prefetch, set this parameter to
FALSE
. To turn on cache read
prefetch, set this parameter to
TRUE
.
segmentSize Amount of data (in KB) that the RAID controller module writes on a single
physical disk in a virtual disk before writing data on the next physical
disk. Valid values are
8
,
16
,
32
,
64
,
128
,
256
, or
512
. For information
about the
segmentSize
parameter, see Using The Auto Configure
Command.
enclosureLossProtect Specifies that enclosure loss protection is enforced when creating the
disk group. To enforce enclosure loss protection, set this parameter to
TRUE
. The default setting is
FALSE
. For information about the
enclosureLossProtect
parameter, see Enclosure Loss Protection.
drawerLossProtect The setting to enforce drawer loss protection when you create the
replication repository disk group. To enforce drawer loss protection, set
this parameter to
TRUE
. The default value is
FALSE
.
dssPreAllocate The setting to make sure that reserve capacity is allocated for future
segment size increases. The default value is
TRUE
.
securityType The setting to specify the security level when creating the disk groups
and all associated virtual disks.
•
none
—The disk group and virtual disks are not secure.
•
capable
—The disk group and virtual disks are capable of
having security set, but security has not been enabled.
•
enabled
—The disk group and virtual disks have security
enabled.
For information about
securityType
, see Security Type.
Create RAID Virtual Disk (Free Capacity Base Select)
This command creates a virtual disk in the free space of a disk group.
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