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The first line of text is the

show string

command. This command displays text bounded by quotation marks (" ") on a

monitor screen when the script file runs. In this example, the text Create RAID 5 Virtual Disk 7 on existing Disk Group 1
serves as a title describing the expected results of running this script file.
The line beginning //Create is a comment explaining that the purpose of this script file is to create a new virtual disk by
using the

create virtualDisk

command on an existing disk group.

The line beginning //Note: is a comment in the script file explaining that the size of the last virtual disk created uses all of
the available capacity because the

capacity

parameter is not used.

The command in this example creates a new virtual disk in disk group 1. The virtual disk has a redundant array of
independent disks (RAID) level of 5. The virtual disk name (user label) is 7. (Note the quotation marks around the 7. The
quotation marks indicate that the information in the marks is a label.) The new virtual disk is assigned to the RAID
controller module in slot 0 in the RAID enclosure. The segment size is set to 16.
The following syntax is the general form of the command:

create virtualDisk diskGroup=

diskGroupNumber

userLabel="

virtualDiskName

" [freeCapacityArea=

freeCapacityIndexNumber

] [capacity=

virtualDiskCapacity

| owner=(0 | 1) | segmentSize=

segmentSizeValue

]

[enclosureLossProtect=(TRUE | FALSE)]

The general form of the command shows the optional parameters in a different sequence than the optional parameters
in the example. You can enter optional parameters in any sequence. You must enter the required parameters in the
sequence shown in the command descriptions.
The line show "Setting additional attributes for virtual disk 7" is another example of using the

show string

command.

This command is placed here to tell you that the

create virtualDisk

command ran successfully. In addition,

properties that could not be set by the

create virtualDisk

command are now set.

The

set virtualDisk

command parameters are shown on separate lines. You do not need to use separate lines for

each parameter. You can enter more than one parameter with the

set virtualDisk

command by leaving a space

between the parameters.
By using separate lines, however, you can more clearly see what parameters you are setting and the values to which
you are setting the parameters. Blocking the parameters in this manner makes it easier to edit the file or copy specific
parameter settings for use in another script file.

Configuration Script Example 2

This example creates a new virtual disk using the

create virtualDisk

command with user-defined physical disks

in the storage array.

Show "Create RAID 5 Virtual Disk 2 on existing Disk Group 2";

//This command creates the disk group and the

initial virtual disk on that group.

//Note: For disk groups that use all available

capacity, the last virtual disk on the group is

created using all remaining capacity by omitting

the capacity=virtualDisk creation parameter