Hardware Installation
PixelStor 5000 User Manual
Rev. 1, May 2013
7-99
-e [disk-group name]: expand a disk group
-c [disk-group name]: change a disk-group parameter
-y [single device name]: recycle an orphan disk to a spare disk
-EC [disk-group name]: check and correct RAID consistency
Parameter Options:
-o [controller owner]: [0, 1] for controller 0, controller 1
-l [RAID level]: [0, 1, 5, 6, 10] for RAID-0,1,5,6,10
-v [alarm level]: [1-100] for disk-space alarm threshold
-n [new disk-group name]: new disk-group name
-m [comment string]: explanatory comment
-f: force deletion of disk group with virtual disks,
force activation of degraded disk group,
force restoration of unhealthy disk group,
force discovery to find degraded disk groups,
force name change of disk group
Option Requirements:
option a requires: o, l, v, and device list. m is optional
option d requires: f is optional
option A requires: o. f is optional
option s requires: f
option r requires: o. f is optional
option e requires: device list
option c requires: at least one of v, n, or m. f is required with n
option y requires: one device only
Device List Mapping:
/dev/xda: slot 0 (the leftmost slot of head chassis)
/dev/xdb - /dev/xdk: slot 1 - slot 10 of head chassis
/dev/xdl: slot 11 (the rightmost slot of head chassis)
/dev/xdaa - /dev/xdal: slot 0 - slot 11 of expansion enclosure 0
/dev/xdba - /dev/xdbl: slot 0 - slot 11 of expansion enclosure 1
/dev/xdca - /dev/xdcl: slot 0 - slot 11 of expansion enclosure 2
Device List Requirements:
RAID-0 requires: 2 to 24 devices in device list
RAID-5 requires: 3 to 24 devices in device list
RAID-6 requires: 4 to 24 devices in device list
RAID-1 requires: 2, 4, 6, ..., 24 devices in device list
RAID-10 requires: 4, 6, 8, ..., 24 devices in device list
Device List Examples:
/dev/xda /dev/xdb /dev/xdc /dev/xdg /dev/xdh /dev/xdo
/dev/xd[a-c,g-h,o]