
Syntax
cfggen <controller #> create <volume type> <size> [qsync] [noprompt]
Parameters
<volume type>
Volume type for the volume to be created. Valid value is IM.
<size>
Size of the IM volume in Mbytes or “MAX” for the maximum size available.
[
qsync
]
Quick synchronization of the volume created.
[
noprompt
]
Eliminates warnings and prompts.
Operation
Once a disk has been added to an IM volume, all of its storage capacity may or may not be used
depending on drive capacity and volume capacity. For example, if you add a 36 GB disk drive
to a volume that only uses 9 GB of capacity on each disk drive, the remaining 27 GB of capacity
on the disk drive is unusable.
The disk identified by the first SCSI ID on the command line is assigned as the primary disk drive
when creating an IM volume. If the SAS controller is allowed to resync the disk drives, the data
on the primary disk drive is available by accessing the newly created volume.
Using the AUTO Command
The
AUTO
command automatically creates an IM volume on the SAS controllers. The volume is
created with the maximum number of disks available for use in the specified volume type. The
main difference from the
CREATE
command is that with
AUTO
command user does not specify
SCSI ID values for disks to use in the volume. The
cfggen
utility automatically uses the first
disks it finds that are usable in the IM volume. Firmware and hardware limitations for the family
of controllers limit the number of configurations that are possible.
Syntax
cfggen <controller #> auto <volume type> <size> [qsync] [noprompt]
Parameters
<volume type>
Volume type for the volume to be created. Valid value is IM.
<size>
Size of the RAID volume in Mbytes or “MAX” for the maximum size available.
[qsync]
Quick synchronization of the volume created.
[noprompt]
Eliminates warnings and prompts.
Operation
When
AUTO
creates an IM volume, the first disk found is assigned as the primary disk drive. If
the controller is allowed to resync the disk drives, the data on the primary disk drive is available
by accessing the newly created volume. Reply
Yes
if you want to complete the creation.
HOTSPARE
The
HOTSPARE
command creates a hot spare disk drive. The hot spare drive is added to hot
spare pool 0.
Syntax
cfggen <controller #> HOTSPARE [DELETE] <Encl:Bay>
Parameters
<controller #>
A SAS controller number between 0 and 255.
[DELETE]
Specifies that the hot-spare is to be deleted (Omit the DELETE keyword
to specify hot-spare creation).
<Encl>:<Bay>
Enclosure number and Bay number that identifying the disk drive that will
become the hot spare.
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