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Managing with CLI
Vess A3340 Product Manual
-p <PD ID list> Specifies physical drives to be used in an array, with -a add option. PD IDs are
specified individually or separated by comma. Sequential group of physical drives are specified by
placing a ~ between numbers such as 1~6. This will include physical drives 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
-s “<option>=<value> Specifies array settings when creating (add) or modifying (mod) an
array. Options are comma separated.
alias= A user-specified array name. Up to 32 characters, alpha-numeric characters, blank spaces
and underscores. Beginning and ending blank spaces are discarded.
mediapatrol= Enables or disables Media Patrol for this array.
enable
The default is enable.
disable
pdm=
Enables or disables PDM for this array.
enable
The default is enable.
disable
-l “<option>=<value>” Specifies logical drive settings when adding a logical drive to an
existing array (addld) or during array creation (add).
Options
are comma separated.
<LD ID list>
Specifies a list of Logical Drive IDs. Requires the -a delld option.
ID=
Assigns a specific ID to an array. Overrides automatic ID assignment. Valid
values are 0-255.
Alias=
A user-specified name for the logical drive. Raid= Specifies logical drive RAID level.
0
Striping.
1
Mirroring on two drives.
5
Parity, requiring 3 or more drives.
10
Mirroring on even number of drives.
1e
Extended mirroring, requiring 2 or more drives.
50
Striping on multiple RAID 5, requiring 6 or more drives.
6
Allow two drive failure, requiring 4 or more drives.
60
Striping on multiple RAID 6, requiring 8 or more drives.
Warning
When you delete a disk array, you also delete any logical
drives that belong to it, along with the data they contain.
When you initialize a logical drive, you delete all data on the
logical drive.
Back up any important data before deleting a disk array or
logical drive.