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Configuring a Storage Array
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group. You do not need to enter a list of physical disks. All other parameters
are the same. Enclosure loss protection is performed differently when MD
Storage Manager assigns the physical disks as opposed to when a user assigns
the physical disks. (For an explanation of the difference, see "Enclosure Loss
Protection" on page 52.)
Example of Creating Virtual Disks with Software-Assigned Physical Disks
client>smcli 123.45.67.89 -c "create virtualDisk
physicalDiskCount=3 raidLevel=5 userLabel=
\"Engineering_1"\ capacity=20 GB owner=0
segmentSize=64;"
The command in this example creates the same virtual disk as the previous
create virtualDisk command, however, in this case the user does not know
which physical disks are assigned to this disk group.
Creating Virtual Disks in an Existing Disk Group
To add a new virtual disk to an existing disk group, use the following command:
create virtualDisk DiskGroup= diskGroupNumber
userLabel=" virtualDiskName " [freeCapacityArea=
freeCapacityIndexNumber | capacity=
virtualDiskCapacity | owner=(0 | 1) | segmentSize=
segmentSizeValue ]
NOTE:
The
freeCapacityArea
,
capacity
,
owner
, and
segmentSize
parameters are
optional. You can use one or all optional parameters as needed to help define your
configuration, though you do not need to use any of them.
The diskGroup parameter is the number of the disk group in which you want
to create a new virtual disk. If you do not know the disk group numbers on the
storage array, you can use the
show allVirtualDisks summary
command. This
command displays a list of the virtual disks and the disk groups to which the virtual
disks belong.
The
userLabel parameter is the name you want to give to the virtual disk. The
virtual disk name can be any combination of alphanumeric characters, hyphens,
and underscores. The maximum length of the virtual disk name is 30
characters. You must enclose the virtual disk name with quotation marks (" ").
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