Dell PowerVault MD3060e Series, Cli Manual

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Syntax
create virtualDisk diskGroup=[ diskGroupName ]
userLabel=” virtualDiskName ”
[freeCapacityArea= freeCapacityIndexNumber
capacity= virtualDiskCapacity
owner=(0 | 1)cacheReadPrefetch=(TRUE | FALSE)
segmentSize= segmentSizeValue
usageHint=(fileSystem | dataBase | multiMedia)]
[dssPreAllocate=(TRUE | FALSE)
securityType=(none | capable | enabled)]
Parameters
Parameter Description
diskGroup Sequence number of the disk group in which to create the
new virtual disk. (To determine the sequence numbers of
the disk groups in your storage array, enter the
show
storageArray Profile
command.)
userLabel Name for the new virtual disk. You must put quotation
marks (" ") around the new virtual disk name.
NOTE: You can use any combination of alphanumeric
characters, hyphens, and underscores for the names.
Spaces are not allowed. Command names can have a
maximum of 30 characters. If you exceed the
maximum character limit, replace square brackets
([ ]) with angle brackets (< >) to overcome this
limitation.
freeCapacityArea Index number of the free space in an existing disk group to
use to create the new virtual disk. Free capacity is defined
as the free capacity between existing virtual disks in a
disk group. For example, a disk group might have the
following areas: virtual disk 1, free capacity, virtual disk 2,
free capacity, virtual disk 3, free capacity. To use the free
capacity following virtual disk 2, specify:
freeCapacityArea=2
Use the
show diskGroup
command to determine if the
free capacity area exists.
capacity 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.
NOTE: Add a space 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 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
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