Starting CFGGEN
The
cfggen
utility is located on the IPF Offline Diagnostic and Utilities CD. To use
cfggen
, follow
these steps:
1.
Insert the CD into the drive.
2.
Boot the system to the EFI Shell prompt.
3.
From the EFI Shell prompt, change to the CD drive.
shell> fs0: Enter
fs0:\>
4.
Change to the directory that contains
cfggen.efi
.
fs0:\> cd EFI\HP\TOOLS\NETWORK Enter
fs0: EFI\HP\TOOLS\NETWORK>
From this directory use
cfggen
.
CFGGEN Operation
cfggen
is not case sensitive. You can enter
cfggen
commands and parameters in uppercase,
lowercase, or a mixture of the two. Use the following conventions in the command descriptions:
•
Text in italics must be entered exactly as shown on the command line
•
Text surrounded by <> must be replaced with a required parameter
•
Text surrounded by [ ] may be replaced by an optional parameter
•
Parameters surrounded by {} must be entered one or more times, as appropriate for the
executed command
•
Do not enter the command line definition characters (<>, [ ], and {}) on the command line.
The
cfggen
utility uses a command line interface.
Syntax:
cfggen <controller #> <command> <parameters>
NOTE:
The program name, controller number, command, and parameters fields must be
separated by the ASCII space character. The format of the parameters is command specific.
The program return value is returned to the user when the program exits. A value of
0
is returned
if the command is successful. Otherwise, a value of
1
is returned.
Rules for creating IM volumes and hot spare disks
The following rules apply when creating IM volumes and hot spare disks:
•
All disks that are part of an IM volume or a hot spare for an IM volume must be on the same
SAS controller.
•
IM volumes are supported.
•
Only two IM volumes (plus a global hot spare) per controller can be created.
•
An IM array must have exactly two disks.
•
A hot spare disk cannot be created without at least one IM volume already created.
•
The utility does not allow adding a hot spare disk of type different from disk types in any of
the volume.
•
With the
AUTO
command, all drives used are the same type as the first available disk found,
and the size is limited to the size of the smallest disk.
CFGGEN Commands
Using the CREATE Command
The
CREATE
command creates IM volumes on the SAS controller. Firmware and hardware
limitations for this family of cards limit the number of configurations that are possible.
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