Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility
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Off disables the copyback feature
Example
ARCCONF COPYBACK 1 ON
arcconf create
Creates a new logical drive or JBOD and, optionally, enables read caching and write caching on
the logical device, and maxCache SSD caching. You must provide the channel and device ID of the
physical devices.
On redundant logical drives, ARCCONF performs autosynchronization.
ARCCONF presents JBODs as physical devices, not logical drives.
Note:
maxCache write caching can be enabled only with the assistance of Adaptec by PMC
support. Contact your service representative for information about enabling the maxCache write
caching feature.
Syntax
ARCCONF CREATE <Controller#> LOGICALDRIVE [Options] <Size> <RAID#> <CHANNEL#
DRIVE#> [CHANNEL# DRIVE#] ... [noprompt] [nologs]
ARCCONF CREATE <Controller#> LOGICALDRIVE RVOLUME <LD#> <LD#> [LD#] ... [noprompt]
[nologs]
ARCCONF CREATE <Controller#> JBOD <CHANNEL# DRIVE#> [CHANNEL# DRIVE#] ...
[noprompt] [nologs]
Parameters
Controller# is the controller number
Logical Drive indicates the logical drive stripe size with the following options:
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Stripesize <STRIPE>—Allows the logical drive stripe size to be built. Optional parameters
for specifying a stripe size. STRIPE is specified in kilobytes 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512 and
1024 are supported. The default is 256KB.
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Legs <LEG>—Optional parameters for specifying number of legs. Value is an integer.
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LEG—Number of legs for RAID level 50 or 60.
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RAID 50—2-16 legs, 3-32 drives/leg, 128 drives max.
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RAID 60—2-16 legs, 4-16 drives/leg, 128 drives max.
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Name <NAME>—Optional parameter for specifying the alias name of a logical device that
is displayed in the utilities. Value is a string of up to 16 characters.
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Priority <PRIORITY>—Initialization Priority for logical drive to be created. Valid options
are: HIGH, MED, or LOW.
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Method <METHOD>—Initialization method for the logical drive. Valid options include:
BUILD, CLEAR, QUICK, SKIP. Use SKIP for recovery only (to skip the initialization step).
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Rcache—Sets the logical drive read cache mode:
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RON - read cache on
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ROFF - read cache off
